EPPO Global Database

Nephrolepis exaltata(NEHEX)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NEHEX
  • Preferred name: Nephrolepis exaltata
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Schott

Notes

USA (southern), Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in southwest Mediterranean, Macaronesia, Bangladesh, Tanzania, South Africa, Australia (Western, Queensland)


Common names
Name Language
Boston fern English
common sword fern English
gewöhnlicher Geweihfarn German
nephrolepis French
cola de quetzal Spanish
helecho de Boston Spanish