Meniscium macrophyllumKunze

WFO wfo-0001116043 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.

Meniscium macrophyllum, photographed by Dr. Guido Bohne
fig. a Dr. Guido Bohne, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2018-12-25 / obs. 41496038
Meniscium macrophyllum, photographed by Dr. Guido Bohne
fig. b Dr. Guido Bohne, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 41496028
Meniscium macrophyllum, photographed by Dr. Guido Bohne
fig. c Dr. Guido Bohne, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 41496051

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Meniscium macrophyllum is native: Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Brazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Meniscium macrophyllum, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Brazil North BZN SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

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.

  • Acrostichum fendleri Baker
  • Acrostichum fendleri Mett. ex Christ
  • Bolbitis macrophylla (Kunze) Maxon & C.V.Morton
  • Cyclosorus macrophyllus (Kunze) Mazumdar & R.Mukhop.
  • Cyclosorus megaphyllus Mazumdar & R.Mukhop.
  • Dryopteris anceps Maxon
  • Dryopteris macrophylla (Kunze) C.Chr.
  • Heteroneuron meniscioides Fée
  • Leptochilus fendleri (D.C.Eaton) C.Chr.
  • Meniscium dentatum Klotzsch
  • Meniscium fendleri D.C.Eaton
  • Meniscium guyanense Fée
  • Meniscium oligophyllum Linden
  • Meniscium reticulatum var. macrophyllum (Kunze) Baker
  • Nephrodium macrophyllum (Kunze) Keyserl.
  • Phegopteris macrophylla (Kunze) Mett.
  • Poecilopteris meniscioides (Fée) C.Presl
  • Thelypteris guyanensis (Fée) C.V.Morton
  • Thelypteris macrophylla (Kunze) C.V.Morton

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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