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Nephrolepis biserrata
Broad Sword Fern
As recorded: Nephrolepis biserrata var. subferruginea Hook.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 14920
- Date
- June 8, 1934
- Locality
- East side of Agakauitai.
- Island
- Agakauitai
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Elevation
- 5 m
- Identified by
- Miyamoto, F.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 8, 1934, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Nephrolepis biserrata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,622 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.
2026-10-15
114台灣臺北市內湖區內溝里
(c) 流蘇, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-06
Daan District, Taipei City, TW
(c) Julie Chu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Yucatán, MX
(c) Paulina Chi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
945台灣屏東縣牡丹鄉
(c) liushengyu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
945台灣屏東縣牡丹鄉
(c) liushengyu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
945台灣屏東縣牡丹鄉
(c) liushengyu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Nephrolepis biserrata. BISH 104643. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956290883. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/104643.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956290883 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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