Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nephrolepis cordifolia var. cordifolia [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Infraspecies:: 2

Nephrolepis cordifolia var. pseudolauterbachii Hovenkamp & Miyam.

Nephrolepis cordifolia var. pumicicola (F.Ballard) Hovenkamp & Miyam.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
giri	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
giriri	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kaatusirusurulipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karumonai	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
夜明吐珠	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
山豬腎子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
球蕨	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
肾蕨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 24: 152 (1887).
Aspidium auriculatum (L.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 31 (1801).
Aspidium edule Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 98 (1827).
Aspidium imbricatum Kaulf. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 97 (1827).
Aspidium sublanosum Wall. Numer. List: n.° 365 (1829).
Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 234 (1810).
Aspidium volubile var. cavernicola (Domin) F.M.Bailey Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 17: 10 (1913).
Asplenium bulbosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch., ed. 2, 2: 833 (1793).
Davallia falcata Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 87 (1801).
Dryopteris auriculata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 812 (1891).
Nephrodium auriculatum (L.) A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 2: XLIV (1834).
Nephrodium edule D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 5 (1825).
Nephrodium imbricatum (Kaulf. ex Spreng.) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 392 (1837).
Nephrodium tuberosum (Bory ex Willd.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 252 (1827).
Nephrolepis cordifolia f. aureoglandulosa Bonap. Notes Ptéridol. 4: 69 (1917).
Nephrolepis cordifolia var. tambourinensis Domin Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 17: 10 (1913).
Nephrolepis cordifolia var. tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 1(2): 491 (1870).
Nephrolepis exaltata var. tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 816 (1891).
Nephrolepis imbricata (Kaulf.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis intramarginalis Kunze Linnaea 23: 268, 312 (1850).
Nephrolepis paleacea Jungh. & de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 4 (1846).
Nephrolepis radicans var. cavernicola Domin Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland 17: 10 (1913).
Nephrolepis rhizodes Kunze Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 236 (1848).
Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Polypodium auriculatum L. Sp. Pl.: 1088 (1753), nom. utique rej.
Polystichum auriculatum (L.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 83 (1836).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nephrolepis auriculata Trimen	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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