Tectaria coadunata(J.Sm.) C.Chr.

WFO wfo-0001118692 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 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.

Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-03-20 / obs. 127684577
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123848402
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123620790
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63147949
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. e Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112004722
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. f Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127684606
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123848439
Tectaria coadunata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123620766

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Tectaria coadunata is native: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya KenyaTanzaniaUgandaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Tectaria coadunata, 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
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT
Kenya KEN AFRICA
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA

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 33 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 apiifolium Schkuhr
  • Aspidium christii (Copel.) C.Chr.
  • Aspidium cicutarium subsp. coadunatum (J.Sm.) Bonap.
  • Aspidium cicutarium var. coadunata (J.Sm.) Haines
  • Aspidium cicutarium var. coadunatum
  • Aspidium coadunatum (J.Sm.) Christ
  • Aspidium coadunatum Wall.
  • Aspidium coadunatum Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
  • Aspidium kwanonense Hayata
  • Aspidium macrodontum Ching
  • Aspidium pinfaense Christ
  • Christella pinfaensis (Christ) H.Lév.
  • Microbrochis apiifolia (Schkuhr) C.Presl
  • Nephrodium apiifolium (Schkuhr) Hook. & Arn.
  • Nephrodium apiifolium Hook. & Arn.
  • Nephrodium cicutarium var. coadunatum (J.Sm.) C.B.Clarke
  • Pleocnemia kwangtungensis (Ching) Ching
  • Sagenia apiifolia (Schkuhr) Christ
  • Sagenia coadunata J.Sm.
  • Sagenia dilacerata T.Moore
  • Sagenia gigantea Bedd.
  • Sagenia macrodonta Fée
  • Sagenia platyphylla J.Sm.
  • Sagenia variolosa Bedd.

and 9 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.