Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nephrolepis pendula
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Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Nephrolepidaceae
Genus
Nephrolepis
Species
pendula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Nephrolepis cordifolia var. pendula (Raddi) Sodiro. Family changed from Davalliaceae to Nephrolepidaceae (Hassler, 2022; GBIF, 2024; ), also refered in Polypodiaceae (POWO, 2024).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2002
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Chen, C.-W. Sundue, M., Kuo, L.-Y., Teng, W.-C., Huang, Y.-M. (2017) Phylogenetic analyses place the monotypic Dryopolystichum within Lomariopsidaceae PhytoKeys 78: 83-107. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.78.12040
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Hassler, M. (2022) World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Hassler, M. (2022). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.11; last update March 7th, 2022. www.worldplants.de/ferns/.
- Jørgensen, P.M. Nee, M. & Beck, S. G. (2010) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nephrolepis pendula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1671. Accessed 4 November 2026.