Native records: 6 botanical areas
Fiji, Kermadec Is., Norfolk Is., 3 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A plant of wet tropical climates. Native to New Zealand, American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Norfolk Island, Samoa and elsewhere.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
American Samoa
- SamoaNative
Australia
- Norfolk Is.Native
Fiji
- FijiNative
New Zealand
- Kermadec Is.Native
- New Zealand NorthNative
Norfolk Island
- Norfolk Is.Native
Samoa
- SamoaNative
Vanuatu
- VanuatuNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Am Tropical, monsoon
The same climate occurs in 117 areas worldwide, 111 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
thermal ladder fern
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
Other species in Nephrolepis
- Nephrolepis delicatula
- Nephrolepis dicksonioides
- Nephrolepis equilatera
- Nephrolepis exaltataBoston fern
- Nephrolepis falcataFishtail Swordfern
- Nephrolepis falciformis
- Nephrolepis grayumiana
- Nephrolepis hirsutulaAsian sword fern
- Nephrolepis kuroiwae
- Nephrolepis lauterbachii
- Nephrolepis obliterataAustralian sword fern
- Nephrolepis obtusiloba
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
American Samoa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Fiji · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Norfolk Island · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
New Zealand · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Vanuatu · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Samoa · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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Image information
Photograph of Nephrolepis flexuosa
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page