Polypodiaceae
Monarch fern
Microsorum scolopendria
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Microsorum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 海岸星蕨, 瘤蕨, 海岸擬茀蕨, 金鸡脚
- English
- Monarch fern
- French
- Microsorium scolopendrium
- Italian
- Microsorium scolopendrium
- Japanese
- オキナワウラボシ
- Spanish
- Microsorium scolopendrium
- Sundanese
- Paku cacing
- Tongan
- Laufale, Nephrolepis exalta, Nephrolepis hirsutula
Synonyms
- Acrostichum obtusifolium Willd.
- Chrysopteris longipes Link
- Chrysopteris peltidea Link
- Chrysopteris phymatodes Link
- Chrysopteris terminalis Link
- Drynaria longipes J.Sm.
- Drynaria phymatodes Fée
- Drynaria vulgaris J.Sm.
- Microsorum alternifolium (Willd.) Copel.
- Phymatodes banerjiana S.Pal & N.Pal
- Phymatodes longipes J.Sm.
- Phymatodes peltidea J.Sm.
- Phymatodes scolopendria (Burm.f.) Ching
- Phymatodes terminalis J.Sm.
- Phymatodes vulgaris C.Presl
- Phymatosorus banerjianus (Pal & Pal) Pic.Serm.
- Phymatosorus scolopendria (Burm.f.) Pic.Serm.
- Pleopeltis phymatodes (L.) T.Moore
- Pleopeltis phymatodes (L.) Bedd.
- Pleopeltis schneideri Alderw.
- Polypodium alternifolium Willd.
- Polypodium alternifolium (Willd.) Link
- Polypodium fuentesii Hicken
- Polypodium immersum Vahl
- Polypodium longipes Link ex Kunze
- Polypodium madagascariense Desv.
- Polypodium peltideum Link
- Polypodium phymatodes L.
- Polypodium phymatodes var. partitum Blume
- Polypodium scolopendria Burm.f.
- Polypodium scutifrons Bojer
- Polypodium terminale Spr.; Link
- Pteris lobata Roxb.
- Tectaria phymatodes Cav.
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dana Lee Ling, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 如此甚好, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thebirbeater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thebirbeater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thebirbeater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thebirbeater, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, 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.