Polypodium cambricumL.

Southern Polypody

WFO wfo-0001109241 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Polypodium cambricum, photographed by luluchouette
fig. a luluchouette, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-26 / obs. 203908635
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by Mattia Menchetti
fig. b Mattia Menchetti, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195688567
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by carnifex
fig. c carnifex, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202900621
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. d Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195451930
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. e Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 192351309
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. f Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190069252
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by hecklemore
fig. g hecklemore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186616298
Polypodium cambricum, photographed by John Lyden
fig. h John Lyden, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186411121

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Native range 29 botanical countries

Regions where Polypodium cambricum is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Albania, Baleares, Belgium, Corse, France, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeAlbaniaBelgiumCorseFranceGreeceIrelandItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainSwitzerland BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Polypodium cambricum, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Baleares BAL
Belgium BGM
Corse COR
France FRA
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Ireland IRE
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. 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 28 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.

  • Goniophlebium cambricum (L.) Farw.
  • Polypodium australe Fée
  • Polypodium australe f. crispum G.Kunkel
  • Polypodium australe subsp. subintegrum (Fom.) Askerov
  • Polypodium australe var. cambricum (L.) Askerov
  • Polypodium australe var. cambricum (L.) Kunkel
  • Polypodium cambricum f. serrulatum (F.W.Schultz ex Arcang.) F.M.Vázquez
  • Polypodium cambricum subsp. australe (Fée) Greuter & Burdet
  • Polypodium cambricum subsp. serrulatum (F.W.Schultz ex Arcang.) Pic.Serm.
  • Polypodium canariense Willd.; Pr.
  • Polypodium serratum Willd.
  • Polypodium serratum (Willd.) A.Kern.
  • Polypodium serratum (Willd.) Saut.
  • Polypodium serratum f. cambricum (L.) Willd.
  • Polypodium serratum f. subintegrum Fomin
  • Polypodium vulgare f. cambricum (L.) M.Broun
  • Polypodium vulgare subsp. cambricum (L.) Arcang.
  • Polypodium vulgare subsp. melitense Peroni, G.Peroni & Mifsud
  • Polypodium vulgare subsp. serratum (Willd.) Christ
  • Polypodium vulgare subsp. serratum (Willd.) Futó
  • Polypodium vulgare subsp. serrulatum F.W.Schultz ex Arcang.
  • Polypodium vulgare var. acutilobum Salis
  • Polypodium vulgare var. cambricum (L.) Gray
  • Polypodium vulgare var. cambricum (L.) Lightf.

and 4 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.
  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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