Dicksoniaceae
Helecho marco
Lophosoria quadripinnata
- Family
- Dicksoniaceae
- Genus
- Lophosoria
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Helecho marco, Diamondleaf fern
- Quechua
- Ampi, Ampe, Añpe, Añpi, Palmilla, Palmita
- Spanish
- Ampe, Lophosoriaceae
Synonyms
- Alsophila affinis Fée
- Alsophila bilineata Sodiro
- Alsophila christii Sodiro
- Alsophila deckeriana Kl.; Kze.
- Alsophila glauca (Sw.) Urb.
- Alsophila millefolium Desv.
- Alsophila monticola Mart.
- Alsophila pruinata Kaulf.
- Alsophila pruinata var. concolor Baker
- Alsophila pruinata var. conspicua Sodiro
- Alsophila pruinata var. tenuis Christ
- Alsophila quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) C.Chr.
- Alsophila schaffneriana Fée
- Cyathea bilineata Domin
- Cyathea christii (Sodiro) Domin
- Cyathea decora Domin
- Cyathea discolor Bory
- Cyathea monticola C.Presl
- Cyathea quadripinnata (J.F.Geml.) Domin
- Cyathea quadripinnata (J.F.Gmel.) Domin
- Cyathea schaffneriana Domin
- Lophosoria acaulis Fée
- Lophosoria affinis C.Presl
- Lophosoria brasiliensis Klotzsch
- Lophosoria caesia Fée
- Lophosoria densa Klotzsch
- Lophosoria discolor C.Presl
- Lophosoria frigida Klotzsch
- Lophosoria glauca Kuhn
- Lophosoria glaucescens Klotzsch
- Lophosoria polypodioides C.Presl
- Lophosoria prostrata Fée
- Lophosoria pruinata C.Presl
- Lophosoria quadripinnata f. viridifolia G.Kunkel
- Lophosoria quadripinnata var. quadripinnata
- Lophosoria schaffneriana Fourn.
- Lophosoria warscewiczii Klotzsch
- Polypodium caesium C.Presl
- Polypodium cinereum Cav.
- Polypodium glaucum Sw.
and 8 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Isidora Aguilera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Rémih, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lin linao, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Klein Benjamin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Klein Benjamin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeferson Dutra, 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.