Leptochilus pteropus(Blume) Fraser-Jenk.

WFO wfo-0001035946 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, 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.

Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-24 / obs. 148983228
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112527368
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112436465
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148983264
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112527376
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112436482
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144112239
Leptochilus pteropus, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144112120

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Leptochilus pteropus is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnam Nansei-shotoAndaman Is.
Native distribution of Leptochilus pteropus, 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
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI

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 44 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.

  • Colysis pteropus (Blume) Bosman
  • Colysis tridactyla J.Sm.
  • Colysis tridactylum (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) J.Sm.
  • Colysis zosteriformis (Wall. ex Mett.) J.Sm.
  • Drynaria dubia J.Sm.
  • Drynaria tridactyla (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) Fée
  • Drynaria tridactylis Fée
  • Kaulinia pteropus (Blume) B.K.Nayar
  • Kaulinia pteropus var. minor (Bedd.) B.K.Nayar & Kaur
  • Kaulinia zosteriformis (Mett.) B.K.Nayar & S.Kaur
  • Lepisorus pteropus (Blume) Ching
  • Lepisorus pteropus (Blume) R.D.Dixit
  • Lepisorus pteropus var. minor (Bedd.) R.D.Dixit
  • Lepisorus pteropus var. minor (Bedd.) N.P.Balakr.
  • Microsorum brassii Copel.
  • Microsorum paucijugum (Alderw.) K.Iwats. & M.Kato
  • Microsorum pteropus (Blume) Copel.
  • Microsorum pteropus f. minor (Bedd.) Ching
  • Microsorum pteropus var. minor (Bedd.) S.R.Ghosh
  • Microsorum pteropus var. minor (Bedd.) C.Chr. & Tardieu
  • Microsorum pteropus var. zosteriformis (Wall. ex Mett.) S.Kaur & Subh.Chandra
  • Microsorum zosteriforme (Wall. ex Mett.) Ching
  • Phymatodes tridactyla (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) C.Presl
  • Phymatodes zosteriformis C.Presl

and 20 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.
  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.

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