Taxon:  Leptochilus pteropus (Blume) Fraser-Jenk.



Summary
Genus:
Leptochilus
Family:
Polypodiaceae
Nomen number:
463516
Place of publication:
Taxon. Revis. Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 62.  2008
Verified:
07/26/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Polypodium pteropus Blume

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Microsorum pteropus (Blume) Copel.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Colysis pteropus (Blume) Bosman

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
  3. Cohen, J. et al. 2007. Thousands introduced annually: the aquarium pathway for non-indigenous plants to the St Lawrence Seaway. Frontiers Ecol. Environm. 5:528-532. Note: = Microsorum pteropus
  4. Cook, C. D. K. 1990. Aquatic plant book. 23. Note: as Microsorum pteropus
  5. Kreier, H.-P. et al. 2008. The microsoroid ferns: Inferring the relationships of a highly diverse lineage of Paleotropical epiphytic ferns (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiopsida). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 48:1155-1167. Note: this study resolved this species as "Microsorum pteropus" in a clade apart from other members of "Microsorum and sister to Leptochilus
  6. León, B. et al. 2012. Los helechos ornamentales en el Perú (The ornamental ferns of Peru) Note: Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima. Peru, and Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M.
  7. Li, H. L. et al., eds. 1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan. Note: as Microsorum pteropus
  8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishJava fern  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedishjavaormbunke  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaArunachal Pradesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islands  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
2Cultivated    also cult.Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sikkim], Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands], Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:1-161. Note: as Colysis pteropus
  2. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  3. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: as Colysis pteropus, based on citation in TROPICOS 26 July 2011
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Bosman, M. T. M. 1991. A monograph of the fern genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae), including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylogenetic history of the microsoroids. Leiden Bot. Ser. 14:112.
Environmentalornamentalaquarium plantLeón, B. et al. 2012. Los helechos ornamentales en el Perú (The ornamental ferns of Peru) Note: Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima. Peru, and Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M.
Environmentalornamentalaquarium plantCook, C. D. K. 1990. Aquatic plant book. 23. Note: as Microsorum pteropus
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=463516. Accessed 7 October 2026.