Vandenboschia auriculata(Blume) Copel.

WFO wfo-0001107445 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. a Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-01 / obs. 174689753
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111839007
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 55528334
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32372560
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32001961
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32001912
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. g Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104883168
Vandenboschia auriculata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180565847

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Vandenboschia auriculata is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanJapanTaiwanTibetAssamBismarck ArchipelagoBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Nansei-shoto
Native distribution of Vandenboschia auriculata, 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
Bismarck Archipelago BIS
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Japan JAP
Nansei-shoto NNS
Taiwan TAI
Tibet CHT

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 11 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.

  • Cephalomanes auriculatum (Blume) Bosch
  • Cephalomanes dissectum Bosch
  • Crepidomanes auriculatum (Blume) K.Iwats.
  • Lacostea auriculata (Blume) Prantl
  • Lacosteopsis auriculata (Blume) Nakaike
  • Lacosteopsis auriculata (Blume) Panigrahi & Sarn.Singh
  • Trichomanes auriculatum Blume
  • Trichomanes belangeri Bory
  • Trichomanes dimidiatum C.Presl
  • Trichomanes dissectum J.Sm.
  • Vandenboschia hainanensis Ching & P.C.Chiu

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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