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This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropics & Subtropics.

[FWTA]

Adiantaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
Clumps in drier parts of mangrove swamps and on riverside and mudflats near the coast, rarely inland.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Northern Territory, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Acrostichum aureum L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Forman, L.L. [586], Indonesia K000427600
Anonymous. [s.n.], Indonesia K000427601
Anonymous. [2425], Indonesia K000427602
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427566
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427568
Keith [7223], Malaysia K000490713
Keith [7223], Malaysia K000490716
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia K000492254
Ramos, M. [31499], Philippines K000427640
Marche, M. [s.n.], Philippines K000427641
Elmer, A.D.E. [10294], Philippines K000427644
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines K000427647
Elmer, A.D.E. [18161], Philippines K000427648
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000421772
Versteeg, G.M. [1565], Indonesia K000421776
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000475410
Reynoso, E.J. [PPI7603], Philippines K000427638
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia K000427592
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia K000427593
Iwatsuki, k. [S289], Indonesia K000427595
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427571
Piggot, A.G. [2162], Malaysia K000427574
Jaman, R. [PL112], Malaysia K000427576
Lörzing, J.A. [11931], Indonesia K000427590
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5238], Indonesia K000427591
Synge, P.M. [627], Malaysia K000427612
Palis, K. [20], Papua New Guinea K000421779
Fitzgerald, W.V. [48], Papua New Guinea K000421781
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea K000421790
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea K000421792
Merrill, E.D. [57], Philippines K000427645
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea K000421782
Murata, G. [B89], Indonesia K000427610
Pulsford, M. [2202], Papua New Guinea K000421785
Dransfield, J. [SMHI1218], Philippines K000427639
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines K000427643
Sayers, C.D. [NGF18074], Papua New Guinea K000421777
Piggot, A.G. [2162], Malaysia K000427575
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] K001109058
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] K001109060
Said, I.M. [BRUN15908], Brunei K000427615
Keith [7223], Malaysia K000490715
Anonymous [s.n.], Indonesia K000427598
Ambriansyah [2383], Indonesia K000427609
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea K000421786
Hallier, J.G. [s.n.], Indonesia K000427603
Keith [7223], Malaysia K000490714
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000421774
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia K000492253
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 31] K001109059
Boden-Kloss, C. [14627], Indonesia K000427588
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000421771
McDonald, J.A. [3356], Indonesia K000427596
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] K001109061
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] K001109065
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31], India K001109062
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea K000421789
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia K000492256
Ambriansyah [2383], Indonesia K000427608
Murata, G. [B89], Indonesia K000427611
Floyd, A. [5661], Papua New Guinea K000421780
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427572
Pulsford, M. [2202], Papua New Guinea K000421794
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea K000421791
Yapp, R.H. [352], Malaysia K000427573
Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. van [38], Indonesia K000427589
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427569
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000475411
Anonymous [s.n.] K000427565
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.], Papua New Guinea K000421778
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea K000421788
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427570
Williams, R.S. [296], Philippines K000427649
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea K000421784
Synge, P.M. [627], Malaysia K000427613
Anonymous. [s.n.], Indonesia K000427604
Croft, J.R. [499], Papua New Guinea K000421783
Jaman, R. [PL112], Malaysia K000427577
Cuming, H. [280], Philippines K000427646
Widjaja, E. [6287], Indonesia K000492255
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31] K001109063
Lütjeharms, W.J. [5248], Indonesia K000427594
McDonald, J.A. [3356], Indonesia K000427597
Versteeg, G.M. [1914], Indonesia K000421775
Hose, E.S. [200], Malaysia K000427567
Sands, M.J.S. [3006], Papua New Guinea K000421793
Anonymous [142], Indonesia K000427599
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000421773
Kondo, Y. [38626], Philippines K000427642
s.coll. [Cat. no. 31], India K001109064
Croft, J.R. [2096], Papua New Guinea K000421787
Said, I.M. [BRUN15908], Brunei K000427614
Johns, R.J. [8132], Indonesia K000421770
Jan 1, 1928 Harris, W. [7158], Jamaica Polystichum dissimulans K000590419 paratype
Jaman, R. [PL 46], Malaysia Hemionitis arifolia K000516887
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Indonesia Hemionitis arifolia K000516890
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Indonesia Hemionitis arifolia K000516891
Merrill, E.D. [3259], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516892
Loher, A. [848], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516895
Vidal y Soler, S. [1894], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516896
Ramos, M. [4660], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516894
Dr. King's Collector. [4174], Malaysia Hemionitis arifolia K000516832
Ridley, H.N. [14243], Malaysia Hemionitis arifolia K000516831
Leiberg, B. [6113], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516897
Cuming, H. [285], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516888
Zollinger, H. [2875], Indonesia Hemionitis arifolia K000516889
Copeland, E.B. [45], Philippines Hemionitis arifolia K000516893

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1069 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Hook. Syn. Fil. 423 (1868)
  • Ogata Ic. Fil. Jap. 7, t. 301 (1936)
  • Sim F.S.A. 292, t.153 (1915)
  • Sp. Pl. 2 : 1069 (1753)
  • Tard. Mém. I.F.A.N. 28 : 86 (1953).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

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