Strophocaulon unitum(L.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

WFO wfo-1000029132 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Strophocaulon unitum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-12 / obs. 172653592
Strophocaulon unitum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. b Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172653602
Strophocaulon unitum, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. c Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172653583

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Native range 33 botanical countries

Regions where Strophocaulon unitum is native: Angola, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Tanzania, Assam, Borneo, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Caroline Is., Fiji, Marianas, Samoa, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Vanuatu AngolaMadagascarTanzaniaAssamBorneoIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandFiji ComorosMauritiusRéunionRodriguesSeychellesCaroline Is.MarianasSamoaTongaTubuai Is.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Strophocaulon unitum, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Angola ANG AFRICA
Comoros COM
Madagascar MDG
Mauritius MAU
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
Seychelles SEY
Tanzania TAN
Caroline Is. CRL PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Marianas MRN
Samoa SAM
Tonga TON
Tubuai Is. TUB
Vanuatu VAN
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

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 42 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 canescens (C.Presl) Kunze
  • Aspidium cucullatum Blume
  • Aspidium cucullatum var. rigidum Blume
  • Aspidium haenkeanum (C.Presl) E.Fourn.
  • Aspidium leuconeuron (Fée) Kuhn
  • Aspidium multilineatum (C.Presl) Mett.
  • Aspidium unitum (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium unitum (L.) Sieber ex Mett.
  • Cyclosorus haenkeanus (C.Presl) Ching
  • Cyclosorus unitus (L.) Ching
  • Dryopteris cucullata (Blume) Christ
  • Dryopteris cucullata var. mucronata Christ
  • Dryopteris haenkeana (C.Presl) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris leuconeuros (Fée) Nakai
  • Dryopteris multilineata (C.Presl) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris unita (L.) Kuntze
  • Dryopteris unita var. glabra Underw.
  • Nephrodium canescens C.Presl
  • Nephrodium cucullatum (Blume) Baker
  • Nephrodium haenkeanum C.Presl
  • Nephrodium insculptum Desv.
  • Nephrodium leuconeuron Fée
  • Nephrodium microcarpon Fée
  • Nephrodium multilineatum C.Presl ex Diels

and 18 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. 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.

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