Lindsaea cultrata(Willd.) Sw.

necklace fern

WFO wfo-0001107670 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

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.

Lindsaea cultrata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-20 / obs. 165595054
Lindsaea cultrata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. b 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165595066
Lindsaea cultrata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. c 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165595081

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Lindsaea cultrata is native: Taiwan, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Caroline Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Marquesas, Society Is., Tonga, Vanuatu TaiwanBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandFiji Nicobar Is.Caroline Is.Cook Is.MarquesasSociety Is.TongaVanuatu
Native distribution of Lindsaea cultrata, 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
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Cook Is. COO
Fiji FIJ
Marquesas MRQ
Society Is. SCI
Tonga TON
Vanuatu VAN
Taiwan TAI ASIA-TEMPERATE

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 24 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.

  • Adiantum cultratum Willd.
  • Lindsaea attenuata Wall.
  • Lindsaea bilobata C.Presl
  • Lindsaea decomposita Willd.
  • Lindsaea intermedia Hook.
  • Lindsaea intermedia var. minor Hook.
  • Lindsaea nitens Blume
  • Lindsaea nitida Copel.
  • Lindsaea obtusa (J.Sm.) Hook.
  • Lindsaea pallens Wall.
  • Lindsaea propinqua Hook.
  • Lindsaea raiateensis J.W.Moore
  • Lindsaea recurvata (J.Sm. ex Hook.) Hook.
  • Lindsaea sarasinorum Christ
  • Lindsaea serpens Wall.
  • Lindsaea trapezoidea Copel.
  • Schizoloma nitens (Blume) Bedd.
  • Schizoloma propinquum T.Moore
  • Schizoloma recurvatum (J.Sm. ex Hook.) T.Moore
  • Synaphlebium nitens (Blume) J.Sm.
  • Synaphlebium obtusum J.Sm.
  • Synaphlebium propinquum Fée
  • Synaphlebium recurvatum J.Sm. ex Hook.
  • Synaphlebium urvillei Fée

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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol LIPR7. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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