Thelypteridaceae
Freetip maiden fern
Goniopteris tetragona
- Family
- Thelypteridaceae
- Genus
- Goniopteris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Freetip maiden fern, Free-tip star-hair fern
Synonyms
- Aspidium tetragonum (Sw.) Sw.
- Cyclosorus tetragonus (Sw.) Christenh.
- Dryopteris subtetragona (Link) Maxon
- Dryopteris tetragona (Sw.) Urb.
- Goniopteris feei L'Herm. ex Fée
- Goniopteris macrocladia Fée
- Goniopteris submarginalis C.Presl
- Goniopteris subtetragona (Link) Vareschi
- Goniopteris subtetragona (Link) C.Presl
- Goniopteris tetragona var. macrocarpa Fée
- Goniopteris tetragona var. martinicensis Fée
- Goniopteris tetragona var. megalodus Farw.
- Goniopteris tetragona var. plumieri Fée
- Goniopteris tetragona var. schkuhrii Fée
- Goniopteris tetragona var. tetragonoides Fée
- Monogonia palustris C.Presl
- Nephrodium androgynum Diels
- Nephrodium aureoviridum Jenman
- Nephrodium calcareum Jenman
- Nephrodium tetragonum (Sw.) Keyserl.
- Phegopteris tetragona (Sw.) Mett.
- Polypodium androgynum Poir.
- Polypodium androgynum var. tetragonum (Sw.) Baker
- Polypodium subtetragonum Link
- Polypodium tetragonum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Polypodium tetragonum f. maculis Kuhn
- Polypodium tetragonum var. angustifolium Hook.
- Polypodium tetragonum var. granatense Christ
- Polypodium tetragonum var. latifolium Hook.
- Polypodium tetragonum var. megalodus Sodiro
- Thelypteris subtetragona (Link) E.P.St.John
- Thelypteris tetragona (Sw.) Small
- Woodwardia dispar Willd.
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Grace Merkert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Guy Babineau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Droege, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Droege, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.