Pteridium esculentum(G.Forst.) Cockayne

Austral Bracken

WFO wfo-0001284721 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205712261
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 205981791
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203470725
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 202362458
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 201174132
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 200243646
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 197357381
Pteridium esculentum, photographed by Jenny Saito
fig. h Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198027180

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Also published as 35 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.

  • Allosorus arachnoideus (Kaulf.) C.Presl
  • Allosorus esculentus (G.Forst.) C.Presl
  • Allosorus psittacinus C.Presl
  • Aspidium brasilianum C.Presl
  • Cheilanthes aquilinaris Fée
  • Cincinalis arachnoidea Trevis.
  • Cincinalis esculenta Trevis.
  • Cystopteris brasiliana C.Presl
  • Filix-foemina aquilina var. arachnoidea Farw.
  • Hypolepis aquilinaris (Fée) Christ
  • Hypolepis brasiliana (Pr.) Kuhn
  • Ornithopteris esculenta J.Sm.
  • Pteridium aquilinum f. arachnoidea Hieron.
  • Pteridium aquilinum f. arachnoideum (Kaulf. ) Hieron.
  • Pteridium aquilinum subsp. esculentum (G.Forst.) C.Chr.
  • Pteridium aquilinum subsp. esculentum (G.Forst.) Bonap.
  • Pteridium aquilinum var. aequipinnulum Domin
  • Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Brade
  • Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum (G.Forst.) Kuhn
  • Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Domin
  • Pteridium aquilinum var. umbrosum Christ ex Rosenst.
  • Pteridium arachnoideum (Kaulf.) Maxon
  • Pteridium arachnoideum subsp. campestre (Schrad.) Schwartsb. & P.L.R.Moraes
  • Pteridium campestre (Schrad.) Christenh.

and 11 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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.