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This species is accepted, and its native range is Papua New Guinea to Solomon Islands.

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Thelypteris cataractorum (W.H.Wagner & Grether) C.F.Reed appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Feb 1, 1977 Sands, M.J.S. [2658], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421913
Womersley, J.S. [7927], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421912
Hoogland, R.D. [4438], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421911
Hoogland, R.D. [4262], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421910
Croft, J.R. [LAE68607], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421915
Croft, J.R. [476], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421917
Croft, J.R. [1120], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421916
Henty, E.E. [NGF49931], Papua New Guinea Sphaerostephanos cataractorum K000421914

First published in Phytologia 17: 266 (1968)

Not accepted by

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Sphaerostephanos cataractorum.]

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0