Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Diplazium expansum
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Dryopteridales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Diplazium
Species
expansum
Taxon category: Accepted
Diplazium expansum Willd. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Native
- Morton, C.V. (1957) Ferns of the Galápagos Islands. Leafl. West. Bot. 8(8): 188-195.
- Mynssen, C. Vasco, A., Moran, R., Sylvestre, L., & Rouhan, G. (2016) Desmophlebiaceae and Desmophlebium: A new family and genus of Eupolypod II ferns. International Association for Plant Taxonomy 65 (1): 19-34
- Mynssen, C. Vasco, A., Moran, R., Sylvestre, L. & Rouhan, G. (2016) Desmophlebiaceae and Desmophlebium: A new family and genus of Eupolypod II ferns International Association for Plant Taxonomy. TAXON 65 (1) February 2016: 19–34
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Diplazium expansum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17264. Accessed 3 November 2026.