Woodwardia unigemmata(Makino) Nakai

WFO wfo-0001107452 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by harum.koh
fig. a harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-04-03 / obs. 118701958
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by harum.koh
fig. b harum.koh, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118701934
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by lansan
fig. c lansan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104577045
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by Cynthia Su
fig. d Cynthia Su, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38851432
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by Cynthia Su
fig. e Cynthia Su, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20670471
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63005029
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32074843
Woodwardia unigemmata, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. h Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 63309813

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Woodwardia unigemmata is native: China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Taiwan, Tibet, Assam, East Himalaya, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam, West Himalaya China North-CentralChina South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanTibetAssamEast HimalayaJawaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Woodwardia unigemmata, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
East Himalaya EHM
Jawa JAW
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
China South-Central CHC
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
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 6 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.

  • Blechnum japonicum Houtt.
  • Woodwardia himalaica Ching & S.K.Wu
  • Woodwardia latiloba Ching & P.S.Chiu
  • Woodwardia maxima Ching ex P.S.Chiu
  • Woodwardia radicans var. unigemmata Makino
  • Woodwardia yunnanensis Ching & P.S.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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