Lomaridium attenuatum(Sw.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich

WFO wfo-0001346781 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-29 / obs. 201591474
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 182989116
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175499003
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175374428
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175362978
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. f Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174655365
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. g Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173955661
Lomaridium attenuatum, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171582907

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Lomaridium attenuatum is native: Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe BurundiCameroonCape ProvincesDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGulf of Guinea Is.KenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe ComorosMauritiusRéunion
Native distribution of Lomaridium attenuatum, 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
Burundi BUR AFRICA
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mauritius MAU
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Réunion REU
Rwanda RWA
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 19 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.

  • Blechnum attenuatum (Sw.) Mett.
  • Blechnum attenuatum var. attenuatum
  • Blechnum attenuatum var. confine (Cordem.) Tardieu
  • Blechnum attenuatum var. giganteum (Kaulf.) Bonap.
  • Blechnum attenuatum var. holstii (Hieron.) Schelpe
  • Blechnum confine (Cord.) C.Chr.
  • Blechnum giganteum (Kaulf.) Schltdl.
  • Blechnum heterophyllum (Desv.) Schltdl.
  • Blechnum polypodioides var. holstii Hieron.
  • Lomaria acuminata Desv.
  • Lomaria attenuata (Sw.) Willd.
  • Lomaria circinnata Bojer
  • Lomaria confinis Cordem.
  • Lomaria decipiens Pappe & Rawson
  • Lomaria gigantea Kaulf.
  • Lomaria hamata Kaulf.
  • Lomaria heterophylla Desv.
  • Onoclea attenuata Sw.
  • Spicanta attenuata (Sw.) Kuntze

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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