EPPO Global Database

Acrostichum aureum(AOHAU)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AOHAU
  • Preferred name: Acrostichum aureum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Arabia), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Sulawesi, Philippines), China (including Taiwan), Sénégal to Nigeria and Cameroon, Zaïre, East Africa, Angola to Mozambique, Cape, Madagascar, USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest, northeastern Brazil), New Guinea, Australia (Northern, Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Parahemionitis arifolia (Labillardière) Gasper & Salino

Common names
Name Language
golden leather fern English
heart fern English
leather fern English
mangrove fern English
swamp fern English
Mangrovefarn German
fougère dorée French
palmita de rios Spanish (CU)
ranconcha Spanish
samambáia-do-mangue Portuguese
paku laut Indonesian