Lastreopsis decomposita(R.Br.) Tindale

WFO wfo-0001120367 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Lastreopsis decomposita, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-10-29 / obs. 166238591
Lastreopsis decomposita, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166238589
Lastreopsis decomposita, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 166238628

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Lastreopsis decomposita is native: New Guinea, Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Victoria, Cook Is., Samoa, Society Is. New GuineaNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthQueenslandVictoria Chatham Is.Kermadec Is.Norfolk Is.Cook Is.SamoaSociety Is.
Native distribution of Lastreopsis decomposita, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Chatham Is. CTM AUSTRALASIA
Kermadec Is. KER
New South Wales NSW
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Norfolk Is. NFK
Queensland QLD
Victoria VIC
Cook Is. COO PACIFIC
Samoa SAM
Society Is. SCI
New Guinea NWG ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 21 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.

  • Aspidium decompositum Spreng.
  • Aspidium decompositum var. angustilobum (Domin) F.M.Bailey
  • Aspidium decompositum var. latilobum (Domin) F.M.Bailey
  • Aspidium pubescens E.J.Lowe
  • Aspidium quinquangulare Kunze
  • Aspidium spinescens (Moore & Houlston) E.J.Lowe
  • Ctenitis decomposita (R.Br.) Copel.
  • Dryopteris decomposita (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris decomposita var. angustiloba Domin
  • Dryopteris decomposita var. latiloba Domin
  • Dryopteris decomposita var. leiorhachis Domin
  • Dryopteris lanciloba (Baker) Kuntze
  • Filix-mas decomposita Farw.
  • Lastrea decomposita (R.Br.) J.Sm.
  • Lastrea lanciloba (Baker) J.Sm.
  • Lastrea quinquangularis J.Sm.
  • Lastrea spinescens Houlston & T.Moore
  • Nephrodium decompositum R.Br.
  • Nephrodium lancilobum Baker
  • Parapolystichum decompositum (R.Br.) Ching
  • Polystichum decompositum Keyserl.

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.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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