Tectaria polymorpha(Wall. ex Hook.) Copel.

WFO wfo-0001123568 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-06-09 / obs. 140389511
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 140391314
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. c Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104603973
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. d Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 70133064
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 162439274
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158959898
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by Cheng-Tao Lin
fig. g Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59103077
Tectaria polymorpha, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32075808

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Tectaria polymorpha is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLesser Sunda Is.MyanmarNepalPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Tectaria polymorpha, 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
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI

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 21 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 grandifolium Mett.
  • Aspidium morsei (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Aspidium nantoense Hayata
  • Aspidium polymorphum (Wall. ex Hook.) Baker
  • Aspidium polymorphum Wall.
  • Aspidium polymorphum Wall. ex Hook.
  • Aspidium rostratum Wall.
  • Aspidium subpedatum (Harr.) Diels
  • Dryomenis polymorpha var. pentaphylla Nakai
  • Dryopteris polymorpha (Wall. ex Hook.) Kuntze
  • Nephrodium morsei Baker
  • Nephrodium polymorphum (Wall. ex Hook.) Baker
  • Nephrodium subpedatum Harr.
  • Polypodium morlae Sodiro
  • Sagenia polymorpha (Wall. ex Hook.) Christ
  • Sagenia subpedata (Harr.) Nakai
  • Tectaria khonsaensis Sarn.Singh & Panigrahi
  • Tectaria morsei (Baker) P.J.Edwards ex S.Y.Dong
  • Tectaria polymorpha var. polymorpha
  • Tectaria polymorpha var. subcuneata Ching & Chu H.Wang
  • Tectaria subpedata (Harr.) Ching

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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