Lygodium japonicum
Japanese climbing fern
As recorded: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Schizaeales › Lygodiaceae
- Collected by
- Rinehart, A.F.
- Collector number
- 26237
- Date
- February 19, 1996
- Locality
- Road bank near the sea on the way out to a small quarry
- Island
- Ngemelachel
- Region
- Palau
- Identified by
- Waters, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 19, 1996, Rinehart, A.F. also collected 3 other specimens.
Lygodium japonicum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1996. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 15,734 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
N Shoreline Cir, DeFuniak Springs, FL, US
(c) Robert LaPlante, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Banks, AL 36005, USA
(c) Alvin Diamond, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
CR-188, Waverly, AL, US
(c) kommissar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
County Road 1116, Troy, AL, US
(c) pcharris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
La Fayette, AL 36862, USA
(c) n_mccormick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Shepherd, TX 77371, USA
(c) birrdie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Lygodium japonicum. BISH 646443. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956657211. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/646443.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956657211 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026