Dryopteridaceae
Delicate lacefern
Ctenitis latifrons
- Family
- Dryopteridaceae
- Genus
- Ctenitis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Delicate lacefern, Honolulu lacefern
Synonyms
- Aspidium latifrons (Brack.) Mann
- Ctenitis honolulensis (Hook.) Copel.
- Dryopteris honolulensis (Hook.) C.Chr.
- Dryopteris latifrons (Brack.) Kuntze
- Filix-mas latifrons (Brack.) Farw.
- Lastrea latifrons Brack.
- Nephrodium latifrons (Brack.) Hook.
- Phegopteris hillebrandii Luerss.
- Phegopteris honolulensis Mann
- Polypodium honolulense Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.