Osmundaceae
King fern
Todea barbara
- Family
- Osmundaceae
- Genus
- Todea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- King fern
Synonyms
- Acrostichum barbarum L.
- Osmunda barbara (L.) Thunb.
- Osmunda totta Sw.
- Todea africana Willd.
- Todea africana var. lithophylla F.Muell.
- Todea antarctica Andre
- Todea antarctica var. australis Andre
- Todea arborea Anon.
- Todea barbara subsp. rivularis (Kunze) Bonap.
- Todea barbara var. lithophylla (F.Muell.) Luerss.
- Todea rivularis Kunze
Photos
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maarten Vanhove, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, 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.