Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Aspidium biserratum Sw., Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C. Presl fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). Family changed from Davalliaceae to Nephrolepidaceae (Hassler, 2022; GBIF, 2024; ), also refered in Polypodiaceae (POWO, 2024).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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