EPPO Global Database

Microsorum punctatum(MSOPU)

Overview
Code created in: 2017-03-14

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: MSOPU
  • Preferred name: Microsorum punctatum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Copeland

Notes

Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar. Introduced in South America (Colombia)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Acrostichum punctatum Linnaeus
Microsorum irregulare Link
Microsorum polycarpon (Cavanilles) Tardieu
Pleopeltis punctata (Linnaeus) Beddome
Pleopeltis sessilis (Kaulfuss ex Kunze) T. Moore
Polypodium irioides Poiret
Polypodium punctatum (Linnaeus) Swartz

Common names
Name Language
climbing bird's nest fern English
dwarf elkhorn fern English
fish-tail fern English
wart fern English
langue de vache French
paku wangi Indonesian