Native records: 2 botanical areas
Hawaii, Taiwan
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A plant of subtropical climates. Native to Taiwan, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Taiwan, Province of China
- TaiwanNative
United States Minor Outlying Islands
- HawaiiNative
United States of America
- HawaiiNative
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
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Aw Tropical, savannah
The same climate occurs in 160 areas worldwide, 158 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).
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Nephrolepis
Other species in Nephrolepis
- Nephrolepis × averyiAvery's swordfern
- Nephrolepis × hippocrepicis
- Nephrolepis × medlerae
- Nephrolepis × pseudobiserrata
- Nephrolepis abrupta
- Nephrolepis acutifoliaFishbone Fern
- Nephrolepis arida
- Nephrolepis ascensionisBoston fern
- Nephrolepis biserrata
- Nephrolepis browniiAsian Sword Fern
- Nephrolepis cocosensis
- Nephrolepis cordifoliaBoston fern
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Taiwan, Province of China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States Minor Outlying Islands · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source