Nephrophyllidium crista-galli(Menzies ex Hook.) Gilg

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WFO wfo-0001083986 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger
fig. a Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201896779
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger
fig. b Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201892916
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Ben Keen
fig. c Ben Keen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 158488873
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Bruce Slater
fig. d Bruce Slater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153682729
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Matt Muir
fig. e Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153619784
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Matt Muir
fig. f Matt Muir, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151356002
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Roger Rittmaster
fig. g Roger Rittmaster, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144674893
Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, photographed by Braden J. Judson
fig. h Braden J. Judson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 141681064

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Nephrophyllidium crista-galli is native: Japan, Kuril Is., Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington JapanAlaskaBritish ColumbiaOregonWashington
Native distribution of Nephrophyllidium crista-galli, 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
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
British Columbia BRC
Oregon ORE
Washington WAS
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kuril Is. KUR

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is 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 6 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.

  • Fauria crista-galli (Menzies ex Hook.) Makino
  • Fauria crista-galli subsp. japonica (Franch.) J.M.Gillett
  • Fauria japonica Franch.
  • Menyanthes crista-galli Menzies ex Hook.
  • Nephrophyllidium japonicum (Franch.) Chepinoga
  • Villarsia crista-galli (Menzies ex Hook.) Hook.

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.
  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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