Polystichum montevidense(Spreng.) Rosenst.

WFO wfo-0001117392 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 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.

Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. a Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-02-14 / obs. 61469331
Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. b Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 189892433
Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. c Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192233332
Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. d Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61469319
Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. e Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192233416
Polystichum montevidense, photographed by Ezequiel Vera
fig. f Ezequiel Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61469348

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Polystichum montevidense is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorParaguayPeruUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Polystichum montevidense, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN

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 20 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.

  • Aspidium aculeatum var. montevidense (Spreng.) Stuck.
  • Aspidium macrolepidum Desv.
  • Aspidium montevidense (Spreng.) Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense f. imbricata Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense f. imbricatum Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense f. squamulosa Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense f. squamulosum Hieron.
  • Aspidium montevidense var. subtripinnatum Rosenst.
  • Aspidium muricatum var. montevidense (Spreng.) Kuhn
  • Phegopteris montevidensis (Spreng.) Salomon
  • Polypodium montevidense Spreng.
  • Polystichum aculeatum var. microsorium Farw.
  • Polystichum aculeatum var. montevidense (Spreng.) Luetzelb.
  • Polystichum microsorium Fée
  • Polystichum montevidense f. imbricata (Hieron.) Hicken
  • Polystichum montevidense f. squamulosa Hicken
  • Polystichum montevidense f. squamulosum (Hieron.) Hicken
  • Polystichum montevidense var. montevidense
  • Polystichum sellowianum C.Presl

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. 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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