Polypodiaceae
Niphidium

Niphidium crassifolium (L.) Lellinger

First published in Amer. Fern J. 62: 106 (1972)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

New Zealand North

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Henicka, G.S.; Nascimento, J.; Pilger, J.M.; Taques, A.C.; Piva, J.H. [124] Brazil K000578901 No
Jan 1, 2008 Sasaki, D.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Philippsen, M.; Bessa, M.A. [2081] Brazil K000578899 No
Jan 1, 2008 Henicka, G.S.; Sasaki, D.; Corrêa, T.R.; André, T.J.C.; Mortati, A.F.; Araújo, C.F.L.; Piva, J.H. [40] Brazil K000578900 No
Jan 1, 2005 Costa, M.A.S.; Silva, C.F. [265] Brazil K000954984 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Pirani, J.R.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Thomas, W.W.; Oliveira, J.G.; Ackerly, D.; Lima, R.P.; Coelho, J.A. [1333] Brazil K000954986 Yes
Jan 1, 1990 Pirani, J.R.; Cid Ferreira, C.A.; Thomas, W.W.; Oliveira, J.G.; Ackerly, D.; Lima, R.P.; Coelho, J.A. [1333] Brazil K000954987 Yes
Jan 1, 1972 Irwin, H.S.; Harley, R.M.; Onishi, E. [29130] Brazil K000954980 Yes
Dusén, P. [6731] Brazil K000954990 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9768] Brazil K000954988 Yes
Vincent [s.n.] Brazil K000955004 Yes
Miers, J. [40] Brazil K000954979 Yes
Gardner [140] Brazil K000955002 Yes
Fox [F/10] Brazil K000954999 Yes
Spruce, R. [5250] Ecuador K000006957 Yes
Burchell [2057] Brazil K000955006 Yes
Mosén [2231] Brazil K000954983 Yes
Gardner [139] Brazil K000955000 Yes
Poepping [209] Peru K000642138 Type Yes
Preston, T.A. [338] Brazil K000954997 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [10338] Brazil K000954985 Yes
Irwin, H.S.; Fonseca, S.F.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R.; Ramos, J. [28655] Brazil K000954981 Yes
Spruce [573] Brazil K000955007 Yes
Miers, J. [s.n.] Brazil K000954977 Yes
Spruce, R. [573] Brazil K000954992 Yes
Leon [s.n.] Peru K000955001 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000954998 Yes
Gardner [5293] Brazil K000954993 Yes
Mosén [2231] Brazil K000954982 Yes
Spruce, R. [5251] Peru K000006956 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000955005 Yes
Glaziou [1732] Brazil K000954978 Yes
Spruce, R. [5249] Peru K000006954 Yes
Spruce, R. [5252] Ecuador K000006955 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000954996 Yes
Spruce [14] Brazil K000955008 Yes
Ganev, W. [3070] Brazil K000954995 Yes
Speke [s.n.] Brazil K000954976 Yes
Spruce, R. [14] Brazil K000954991 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4227] Brazil K000955003 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Forero, E.; Wrigley, B.L.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [6740] Brazil K000954989 Yes
Ganev, W. [3070] Brazil K000954994 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0