Taxon: Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Boston fern   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• Boston sword fern   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• sword fern   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• swaardvaring   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• spjutbräken   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  
• Weed   (fide Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica; Puerto Rico
  Northern South America: French Guiana
  Brazil: Brazil

• widely cultivated

• exact native range obscure, probably naturalized in paleotropics

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Hoshizaki, B. J. & R. C. Moran. 2001. Fern grower's manual. Revised and expanded edition.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [mentions].
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. [as native in Brazil].
• Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Nephrolepis exaltata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Nephrolepis exaltata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Nephrolepis exaltata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Polypodium exaltatum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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