Tectaria incisaCav.

incised halberd fern

WFO wfo-0001109387 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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 incisa, photographed by ritirene
fig. a ritirene, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-28 / obs. 173908564
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. b Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 62155537
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. c Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 62950533
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. d Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192475186
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Seth Wollney
fig. e Seth Wollney, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151887928
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. f Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 62950431
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. g Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179266385
Tectaria incisa, photographed by Yolanda M. Leon
fig. h Yolanda M. Leon, CC0 1.0 / obs. 48346611

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Tectaria incisa is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralCentral American Pacific Is.ColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Cayman Is.Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Tectaria incisa, 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 Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Cayman Is. CAY
Central American Pacific Is. CPI
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
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
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
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 47 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 andinum (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Aspidium bifidum C.Presl
  • Aspidium expansum (Poir.) Desv.
  • Aspidium fraxinifolium Schrad.
  • Aspidium longifolium Desv.
  • Aspidium macrophyllum Rudolphi
  • Aspidium macrophyllum Sw.
  • Aspidium macrophyllum var. biolleyana Christ
  • Aspidium macrophyllum var. pittieri Christ
  • Aspidium martinicense Spreng.
  • Aspidium martinicense var. puberulum Suess.
  • Aspidium puberulum Gaudich.
  • Bathmium fraxinifolium Link
  • Bathmium macrophyllum Link
  • Bathmium martinicense (Spreng.) Nakai
  • Cardiochlaena ampla Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla (Sw.) Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. acuminata Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. decrescens Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. discreta Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. distans Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. lata Fée
  • Cardiochlaena macrophylla var. pinnata Fée

and 23 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. 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.

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.