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Nephrolepis acutifolia

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Nephrolepis acutifolia

Nephrolepis acutifolia (also recorded as Fishbone Fern) is an accepted species in the family Nephrolepidaceae, within the order Polypodiales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Borneo, Cameroon, Caroline Is., DR Congo, Gabon, Jawa, Kenya, and Lesser Sunda Is.. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Fishbone Fern
Family
Nephrolepidaceae
Order
Polypodiales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Borneo, Cameroon, Caroline Is., DR Congo, Gabon, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is.

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy