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This species is accepted, and its native range is W. New Guinea.

Native to:

New Guinea

Thelypteris rigida (Ridl.) C.F.Reed appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Apr 1, 1968 Eyma, P.J. [4986], Indonesia Sphaerostephanos rigidus K000445285
Kloss, C.B. [s.n.], Irian Jaya Sphaerostephanos rigidus K000445286 Unknown type material

First published in Phytologia 17: 309 (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 rigidus.]

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