Nephrolepidaceae

Asian swordfern

Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam.

Family: Nephrolepidaceae
Genus: Nephrolepis

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Asian swordfern (Nephrolepis brownii) — LeavesPhoto: The Great Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 毛葉腎蕨, 毛叶肾蕨
English: Asian swordfern
Japanese: ヤンバルタマシダ

Synonyms

Aspidium amoa Hook.
Aspidium floccigerum Blume
Aspidium haleakalense Mann
Aspidium schkuhrii Blume
Davallia multiflora Roxb.
Nephrodium brownii Desv.
Nephrodium regulare Desv.
Nephrolepis acutangula C.Presl
Nephrolepis floccigera (Blume) T.Moore
Nephrolepis mayi May
Nephrolepis multiflora (Roxb.) F.M.Jarrett ex C.V.Morton
Nephrolepis pubescens Copel.
Nephrolepis tomentosa Alderw.
Nephrolepis westonii Craig
Polypodium mayi May

Photos

LeavesPhoto: The Great Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: woody832, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: woody832, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, 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.