Polypodiaceae
Narrowtip lepisorus
Lepisorus mucronatus
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Lepisorus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 尖嘴蕨
- English
- Narrowtip lepisorus
Synonyms
- Acrostichum spicatum var. schneideri F.M.Bailey
- Belvisia callifolia (Christ) Copel.
- Belvisia formosana (Ogata) Ching
- Belvisia melanesica Brownlie
- Belvisia minor (Copel.) Copel.
- Belvisia mucronata (Fée) Copel.
- Belvisia vaupelii (C.Chr.) Copel.
- Hymenolepis callifolia Christ
- Hymenolepis formosana M.Ogata
- Hymenolepis minor Copel.
- Hymenolepis mucronata Fée
- Hymenolepis mucronata f. australiensis C.Chr.
- Hymenolepis mucronata f. graminifolia (Rosenst.) C.Chr.
- Hymenolepis mucronata f. helocharidioides C.Chr.
- Hymenolepis mucronata f. latior C.Chr.
- Hymenolepis mucronata var. nigropunctata C.Chr.
- Hymenolepis ophioglossoides Kunze
- Hymenolepis spicata f. longipaleacea Alderw.
- Hymenolepis spicata f. schneideri (F.M.Bailey) Alderw.
- Hymenolepis spicata var. bakhuizenii Alderw.
- Hymenolepis spicata var. graminifolia Rosenst.
- Hymenolepis spicata var. novoguineensis Rosenst.
- Hymenolepis spicata var. squamulifera Alderw.
- Hymenolepis vaupelii Hieron. & C.Chr.
- Macroplethus callifolius (Christ) Tagawa
- Macroplethus mucronatus (Fée) Tagawa
- Macroplethus vaupelii (Hieron. ex C.Chr.) Tagawa
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hannah Rogers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.