Serpocaulon triseriale(Sw.) A.R.Sm.

anglevein fern

WFO wfo-0001279631 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-04-15 / obs. 67687381
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67687509
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67681358
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. d Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67687556
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Lena Struwe
fig. e Lena Struwe, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 4305946
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24276847
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. g B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40251926
Serpocaulon triseriale, photographed by Daniel Pineda Vera
fig. h Daniel Pineda Vera, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 27908060

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Serpocaulon triseriale is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Serpocaulon triseriale, 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
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 38 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 ampliatum Maxon
  • Goniophlebium brasiliense Farw.
  • Goniophlebium brasiliense var. preslianum Farw.
  • Goniophlebium elatius (Schrad.) T.Moore
  • Goniophlebium gladiatum (C.Presl) Fée
  • Goniophlebium haenkei C.Presl
  • Goniophlebium intermedium Fée
  • Goniophlebium neriifolium Hook.
  • Goniophlebium triseriale (Sw.) Pic.Serm.
  • Goniophlebium triseriale (Sw.) Lawalrée
  • Goniophlebium triseriale (Sw.) Wherry
  • Goniophlebium xiphophorum Fée
  • Marginaria gladiata C.Presl
  • Marginaria neriifolia C.Presl
  • Marginaria rhoifolia C.Presl
  • Polypodium acuminatum Sodiro
  • Polypodium ampliatum (Maxon) Proctor
  • Polypodium brasiliense Poir.
  • Polypodium brasiliense var. gladiatum Kuhn
  • Polypodium brasiliense var. neriifolium (Schkuhr) Baker
  • Polypodium brasiliense var. subcordatum Christ ex Duss
  • Polypodium campylopodum Klotzsch
  • Polypodium gauthieri (Fée) C.Chr.
  • Polypodium gladiatum Kunze

and 14 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. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol POTR8. public domain. 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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