Tectaria decurrens(C.Presl) Copel.

WFO wfo-0001117085 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / 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 decurrens, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. a Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-16 / obs. 164351567
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106372180
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. c Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 164351574
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106372171
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165031108
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158958334
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 35835218
Tectaria decurrens, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165031098

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Tectaria decurrens is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, Cook Is., Fiji, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is. China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamFiji Nansei-shotoNicobar Is.Cook Is.SamoaSociety Is.
Native distribution of Tectaria decurrens, 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
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Cook Is. COO PACIFIC
Fiji FIJ
Samoa SAM
Santa Cruz Is. SCZ
Society Is. SCI

Not drawn on the map: Santa Cruz Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 24 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.

  • Acrostichum decurrens (C.Presl) Benth.
  • Aspidium alatum Brack.
  • Aspidium copelandii C.Chr.
  • Aspidium decurrens C.Presl
  • Aspidium decurrens var. mamillosum (T.Moore) Alderw.
  • Aspidium heterodon Copel.
  • Aspidium mamillosum (Moore) C.Chr.
  • Aspidium platynotus Kunze
  • Aspidium pteropus Kunze
  • Aspidium ridleyanum Alderw.
  • Asplenium alatum Ridl.
  • Cardiochlaena alata Fée
  • Dryopteris decurrens (C.Presl) Kuntze
  • Leptochilus kanashiroi Hayata
  • Nephrodium decurrens (C.Presl) Baker
  • Nephrodium mamillosum (T.Moore) Baker
  • Nephrodium mamillosum (T.Moore) G.Nicholson
  • Polypodium hainanense C.Chr.
  • Sagenia decurrens (C.Presl) T.Moore
  • Sagenia mamillosa T.Moore
  • Sagenia pteropus (Kunze) T.Moore
  • Tectaria dictyosora Copel.
  • Tectaria peralata Copel.
  • Tectaria ridleyana (Alderw.) C.Chr.

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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