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Nephrolepis falcata
Fishtail Swordfern
As recorded: Nephrolepis falcata (Cav.) C.Chr.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 56577
- Date
- October 28, 1976
- Locality
- 5 miles southwest Weddagala in Sinharaja Forest.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka
- Identified by
- Miyamoto, F.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 28, 1976, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 1 other specimen.
Nephrolepis falcata observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1976. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 295 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-22.
2026-10-22
Carretera Río Indio-El Valle de Anton, Anton's Valley, Cocle, PA
(c) Kate Kruesi, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-21
Santiago De Veraguas, Veraguas, PA
(c) Yorlenys Batista, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-20
United States
(c) Ben Kerridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-16
Bannerghatta Rd, opp. to Apollo Hospitals, Sundar Ram Shetty Nagar, Bilekahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560076, India
(c) Deepa Mohan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-31
Home Place Ln, Fort Pierce, FL, US
(c) James K. Wetterer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-27
Dolphin Isles, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Nephrolepis falcata. BISH 436476. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956494398. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/436476.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956494398 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026