Tectaria membranacea(Hook.) Fraser-Jenk. & Kholia

WFO wfo-0001423316 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tectaria membranacea, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-15 / obs. 173274791
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172978906
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173285256
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. d Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123564096
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107738098
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. f agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 56044609
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. g agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55987091
Tectaria membranacea, photographed by agujaceratops
fig. h agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55631889

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Tectaria membranacea is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Borneo, Christmas I., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Queensland, Vanuatu China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamQueensland Nansei-shotoChristmas I.Vanuatu
Native distribution of Tectaria membranacea, 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
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Christmas I. XMS
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
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Queensland QLD AUSTRALASIA
Vanuatu VAN PACIFIC

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 19 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 devexum Kunze ex Mett.
  • Aspidium giganteum var. minus Hook.
  • Aspidium intermedium J.Sm.
  • Aspidium intermedium Mett.
  • Aspidium membranaceum Hook.
  • Ctenitopsis devexa (Kunze ex Mett.) Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Dryopteris devexa (Kunze ex Mett.) Kuntze
  • Nephrodium devexum (Kunze ex Mett.) Makino
  • Pleocnemia devexa (Kunze ex Mett.) Alderw.
  • Pleocnemia devexa var. permutata Alderw.
  • Pleocnemia membranacea (Hook.) Bedd.
  • Polypodium membranaceum Hook.
  • Sagenia gigantea var. minor Bedd.
  • Sagenia intermedia J.Sm.
  • Sagenia membranacea (Hook.) Bedd.
  • Tectaria devexa (Kunze ex Mett.) Copel.
  • Tectaria devexa var. devexa
  • Tectaria devexa var. minor (Hook.) Holttum
  • Tectaria devexa var. novoguineensis Holttum

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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