Histiopteris incisa(Thunb.) J.Sm.

Water Fern

WFO wfo-0001107320 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Histiopteris incisa, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. a Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-05-05 / obs. 202018040
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by Di Turner
fig. b Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194971197
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by Diana Studer
fig. c Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200493923
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. d Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183673907
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. e Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189892399
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by John Barkla
fig. f John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189364307
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by James K. Douch
fig. g James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 177648538
Histiopteris incisa, photographed by John Barkla
fig. h John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180040526

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Also published as 45 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Histiopteris aurita J.Sm.
  • Histiopteris incisa var. carmichaeliana (J.Agardh) C.Chr.
  • Histiopteris incisa var. flavescens C.Chr.
  • Histiopteris incisa var. pallida Hieron.
  • Histiopteris montana Copel.
  • Histiopteris sinuata (Brack.) J.Sm.
  • Histiopteris vespertilionis J.Sm.
  • Litobrochia appendiculata Gay
  • Litobrochia aurita (Blume) J.Sm.
  • Litobrochia aurita (Blume) Bedd.
  • Litobrochia brunoniana C.Presl
  • Litobrochia elegans Fée
  • Litobrochia elegans var. brasiliensis (J.Agardh) Brack.
  • Litobrochia incisa (Thunb.) C.Presl
  • Litobrochia pallida (Raddi) C.Presl
  • Litobrochia patens Gay
  • Litobrochia sinuata Brack.
  • Litobrochia vespertilionis C.Presl
  • Pellaea fauriei Christ
  • Phegopteris incisa (Thunb.) Keyserl.
  • Pteris aurita Blume
  • Pteris australasica Desv.
  • Pteris brunoniana Endl.
  • Pteris cruciata Klf.; Sieb.

and 21 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.