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Nephrolepis
sword ferns
As recorded: Nephrolepis Schott
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Nephrolepidaceae
- Collected by
- Miyamoto, F.; Nakayama, Y.F. Miyamoto →Y. Nakayama →
- Collector number
- 1443
- Date
- March 11, 1985
- Locality
- Ishigaki City, Sakieda - Yoshihara
- Island
- Ishigaki Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Elevation
- 30 m
- Identified by
- Miyamoto, F.
- Type status
- Isotype
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Nephrolepis observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1985. 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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nephrolepis. BISH 663660. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956680965. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/663660.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956680965 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
