Microlepia strigosaPrantl

palapalai

WFO wfo-0000141287 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Microlepia strigosa, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-05 / obs. 181650605
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180352251
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by 四角銅鑼
fig. c 四角銅鑼, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177919822
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171075124
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by chiuluan
fig. e chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169975909
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169204466
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169204611
Microlepia strigosa, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165773082

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Microlepia strigosa is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Easter Is., Fiji, Hawaii, New Caledonia, Vanuatu China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest HimalayaFijiHawaiiNew Caledonia KoreaNansei-shotoVanuatu
Native distribution of Microlepia strigosa, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Nansei-shoto NNS
Ogasawara-shoto OGA
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Easter Is. EAS PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Hawaii HAW
New Caledonia NWC
Vanuatu VAN

Not drawn on the map: Ogasawara-shoto, Easter Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

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 22 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.

  • Davallia japonica (Sw.) Sw.
  • Davallia khasiyana Hook.
  • Davallia pinkneyi Colenso
  • Davallia polypodioides var. strigosa (Thunb.) C.B.Clarke
  • Davallia strigosa (Thunb.) Kunze
  • Dennstaedtia strigosa (Thunb.) J.Sm.
  • Dicksonia japonica Sw.
  • Dicksonia strigosa (Thunb.) Thunb.
  • Microlepia angustipinna Ching
  • Microlepia brevistrigosa A.Biswas
  • Microlepia cristata J.Sm.
  • Microlepia formosana Ching
  • Microlepia japonica (Sw.) C.Presl
  • Microlepia kansuensis Ching
  • Microlepia khasiyana C.Presl
  • Microlepia kwangtungensis B.S.Wang
  • Microlepia neostrigosa Ching
  • Microlepia pinkneyi (Colenso) C.Chr.
  • Microlepia szechuanica Ching
  • Polypodium cristatum Houtt.
  • Scyphofilix strigosa (Thunb.) Farw.
  • Trichomanes strigosum Thunb.

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 MIST4. 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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