Thelypteris confluens(Thunb.) C.V.Morton

WFO wfo-0001110850 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-12-31 / obs. 176462259
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171859654
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171859705
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by linkie
fig. d linkie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 166000738
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. e Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161920732
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 156973817
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151656628
Thelypteris confluens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151656123

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Thelypteris confluens is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, India, Laos, Myanmar, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand North, Queensland, Victoria AngolaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweChina North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanManchuriaIndiaLaosMyanmarNew GuineaSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnamNew Zealand NorthQueenslandVictoria Korea
Native distribution of Thelypteris confluens, 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
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
New Zealand North NZN AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Victoria VIC

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 30 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 dregei Fée
  • Aspidium squamigerum (Schltdl.) Fée
  • Aspidium squamulosum Kuntze
  • Aspidium squamulosum Kaulf.
  • Aspidium thelypteris var. squamigerum Schltdl.
  • Aspidium thelypteris var. squamulosum Schltdl.
  • Athyrium cyclolepis C.Chr. & Tardieu
  • Dryopteris cabrerae Weath.
  • Dryopteris thelypteris subsp. squamigera (Schltdl.) Bonap.
  • Dryopteris thelypteris var. squamigera (Schltdl.) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris thelypteris var. squamigerum (Schltdl.) C.Chr.
  • Dryopteris thelypteris var. squamulosa C.Chr.
  • Lastrea cabrerae Capurro
  • Lastrea fairbankii Bedd.
  • Lastrea invisa J.B.Armstr.
  • Lastrea squamulosa C.Presl
  • Lastrea thelypteris var. squamigera (Schltdl.) Bedd.
  • Lastrea thelypteris var. squamulosa Bedd.
  • Nephrodium squamigerum (Schltdl.) Hook. & Arn.
  • Nephrodium squamulosum Hook.f.
  • Nephrodium thelypteris var. squamigerum (Schltdl.) Hook.
  • Pteris confluens Thunb.
  • Thelypteris cabrerae (Weath.) Abbiatti
  • Thelypteris cyclolepis (C.Chr. & Tardieu) Tagawa

and 6 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.

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