Notogrammitis heterophylla(Labill.) Parris

comb ferngypsy fern

WFO wfo-0001334628 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. a Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195623841
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. b Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192591248
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. c Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176104042
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by John Barkla
fig. d John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176644139
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by Jenny Saito
fig. e Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175124653
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. f Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171399689
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by rempson
fig. g rempson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169955477
Notogrammitis heterophylla, photographed by John Barkla
fig. h John Barkla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165680312

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Notogrammitis heterophylla is native: Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria New Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthTasmaniaVictoria Antipodean Is.Chatham Is.
Native distribution of Notogrammitis heterophylla, 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
Antipodean Is. ATP AUSTRALASIA
Chatham Is. CTM
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Tasmania TAS
Victoria VIC

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 8 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.

  • Ctenopteris grammitidis (R.Br.) J.Sm.
  • Ctenopteris heterophylla (Labill.) Tindale
  • Grammitis grammitidis (R.Br.) Keyserl.
  • Grammitis heterophylla Labill.
  • Gymnogramma billardierei Kaulf.
  • Polypodium billardierei (Kaulf.) Fée
  • Polypodium grammitidis R.Br.
  • Xiphopteris heterophylla (Labill.) Spreng.

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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