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Taxon:  Angiopteris evecta (G. Forst.) Hoffm.



Summary
Genus:
Angiopteris
Family:
Marattiaceae
Nomen number:
404182
Place of publication:
Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 12:29, t. 5. 1796
Verified:
01/17/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Polypodium evectum G. Forst.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Angiopteris palmiformis (Cav.) C. Chr.
Clementea palmiformis Cav.
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Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  2. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  6. Vernon, A. L. & T. A. Ranker. 2013. Current status of the ferns and lycophytes of the Hawaiian islands. Amer. Fern J. 103:59-111.
  7. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
king fern –
Chinese
lian zuo jue (莲座蕨) –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan Lan Yu
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaIndonesiaPapua 
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan (Lan Yu)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Indonesia [Papua], Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404182. Accessed 2 May 2025.