Nephrolepis

sword ferns

As recorded: Nephrolepis Schott

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae

Collected by: Takeuchi, W.N.
Collector number: 4636
Date: August 12, 1989
Locality: Along the Busu River, NW of Bumayong
Island: New Guinea
Region: Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Elevation: 90 m
Identified by: Takeuchi, W.N.
Record type: Preserved specimen

56 Bishop specimens of Nephrolepis · collected 1792–2016Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 12, 1989, Takeuchi, W.N. also collected 21 other specimens.

Nephrolepis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1989. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15,609 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28

605台灣嘉義縣阿里山鄉二萬平火車站

(c) 歐陽秀華, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Kaingaroa Forest, New Zealand

no rights reserved

2026-10-27

Whangārei Heads 0174, New Zealand

(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

N 78th St, Temple Terrace, FL, US

(c) rockeater, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

P54R+VG9, Jatireja, Kec. Cikarang Tim., Kabupaten Bekasi, Jawa Barat 17530, Indonesia

(c) caturcahyo10, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26

Naga City, Bicol, PH

(c) Bettina Ysabella Relampago, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Nephrolepis. BISH 635594. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956275218. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/635594.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956275218 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026