Microlepia speluncae(L.) T.Moore

limpleaf fern

WFO wfo-0001107361 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 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.

Microlepia speluncae, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-04-30 / obs. 131648536
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104567970
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 131648501
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104567999
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163447291
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162450000
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32002631
Microlepia speluncae, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. h Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60617276

Every figure is a research-grade observation under CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, rehosted with the photographer’s name, the licence and the observation it came from. Photographs under a NonCommercial licence are excluded from this site and are never stored, which costs us a great many pictures and is not negotiable.

Also published as 64 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.

  • Acrophorus jamaicensis (Hook.) T.Moore
  • Alsophila grevilleana Wall.
  • Aspidium dicksoniifolium A.Rich.
  • Aspidium puberum Wall.
  • Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd.
  • Cystopteris aspidioides C.Presl
  • Cystopteris orientalis Desv.
  • Davallia divergens Kunze
  • Davallia flaccida R.Br.
  • Davallia flaccida var. pyramidata C.B.Clarke
  • Davallia jamaicensis Hook.
  • Davallia mollis Kunze
  • Davallia padioides Zoll.
  • Davallia pilosa Roxb.
  • Davallia pilosula Wall.
  • Davallia polypodioides (Desv.) Hook.
  • Davallia polypodioides D.Don
  • Davallia polypodioides var. pubescens Hook.
  • Davallia polypodioides var. subglabra Hook.
  • Davallia speluncae (L.) Baker
  • Davallia speluncae var. trichosticha (Hook.) Baker
  • Davallia subvolubilis Kunze
  • Davallia trichosticha Hook.
  • Davallia virens Wall.

and 40 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

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. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.