Taxon profile
Included taxa (1/2)
Number of records: 263species Polystichum acanthophyllum (Franch.) Christ
species Polystichum acutidens Christ
species Polystichum acutipinnulum Ching et K.H. Shing
species Polystichum adungense Ching & Fraser-Jenk. ex H.S.Kung & Li Bing Zhang
species Polystichum albomarginatum M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum alcicorne (Baker) Diels
species Polystichum alfaroi (H. Christ) Barrington
species Polystichum altum Ching
species Polystichum amboroense M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum ammifolium (Poir.) C. Chr.
species Polystichum andersonii Hopkins
- Anderson's Hollyfern
species Polystichum andinum Phil.
species Polystichum articulatipilosum H.G. Zhou et Hua Li
species Polystichum assurgentipinnum W.M. Chu et B.Y. Zhang
species Polystichum atkinsonii Bedd.
species Polystichum attenuatum Tagawa et Z. Iwats.
species Polystichum auriculum Ching
species Polystichum australiense Tindale
species Polystichum bachii M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum bakerianum (Atk. ex C.B. Clarke) Diels
species Polystichum baoxingense Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum biaristatum (Blume) T. Moore
species Polystichum bifidum Ching
species Polystichum bigemmatum Ching ex L.L. Xiang
species Polystichum bissectum C. Chr.
species Polystichum bomiense Ching et S.K. Wu
species Polystichum bonapartii Rosenst.
species Polystichum bonseyi W. H. Wagner & Hobdy
- Bonsey's Hollyfern
species Polystichum bulbiferum Barrington
species Polystichum calderonense Proctor
- Monte Guilarte Hollyfern
species Polystichum californicum (D.C.Eaton) Diels
- California Swordfern
species Polystichum capillipes (Baker) Diels
species Polystichum caudescens Dutra
species Polystichum chaparensis M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum chilense (H. Christ) Diels
species Polystichum christianae (Jenman) Underw. et Maxon
species Polystichum christii Ching
species Polystichum chunii Ching
species Polystichum cochleatum (Klotzsch) Hieron.
species Polystichum concinnum Lellinger ex Barrington
species Polystichum congestum M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum consimile Ching
species Polystichum costularisorum Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum craspedosorum (Maxim.) Diels
species Polystichum crassinervium Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum crinigerum (C. Chr.) Ching
species Polystichum cuneatiforme W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum cyclolobum C. Chr.
species Polystichum daguanense Ching ex L.L. Xiang
species Polystichum deflexum Ching ex W.M. Chu
species Polystichum dielsii Christ
species Polystichum diffundens H.S.Kung & Li Bing Zhang
species Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Sm.
species Polystichum disjunctum Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum distans E. Fourn.
species Polystichum dracomontanum Schelpe
species Polystichum drepanum (Sw.) C.Presl
species Polystichum dubium (H. Karst.) Diels
species Polystichum dudleyi Maxon
- Dudley's Swordfern
species Polystichum duthiei (C. Hope) C. Chr.
species Polystichum echinatum (Gmel.) C. Christens.
- Rusty Swordfern
species Polystichum emarginatum (Willd.) T. Moore
species Polystichum erosum Ching & Shing
species Polystichum erythrosorum A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum exauriforme H.S.Kung & Li Bing Zhang
species Polystichum excellens Ching
species Polystichum excelsius Ching et Z.Y. Liu
species Polystichum falcatilobum Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum fallax Tindale
species Polystichum fimbriatum Christ
species Polystichum formosanum Rosenst.
species Polystichum formosum Tindale
species Polystichum fournieri A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum frigidicola H.S. Kung et L.B. Zhang
species Polystichum fuentesii Espin.
species Polystichum fugongense Ching et W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung et L.B. Zhang
species Polystichum furfuraceum A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum giganteum Fée
species Polystichum gongboense Ching et S.K. Wu
species Polystichum grandifrons C. Chr.
species Polystichum guangxiense W.M. Chu et H.G. Zhou
species Polystichum gymnocarpium Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum habaense Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum hancockii (Hance) Diels
species Polystichum harpophyllum (Zenker ex Kunze) Sledge
species Polystichum hartwegii (Klotzsch) Hieron.
species Polystichum hecatopterum Diels
species Polystichum herbaceum Ching et Z.Y. Liu
species Polystichum houchangense Ching ex P.S. Wang
species Polystichum huae H.S. Kung et L.B. Zhang
species Polystichum ichangense Christ
species Polystichum imbricans (D.C.Eaton) D.H.Wagner
- Narrowleaf Swordfern
species Polystichum incisopinnulum H.S.Kung & Li Bing Zhang
species Polystichum integrilimbum Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum integrilobum (Ching ex Y.T. Hsieh) W.M. Chu ex H.S. Kung
species Polystichum jinfoshanense Ching et Z.Y. Liu
species Polystichum jiulaodongense W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum kadyrovii Askerov & A.E.Bobrov
species Polystichum kalambatitrense Tardieu
species Polystichum kenwoodii Lorence & W.L.Wagner
species Polystichum kruckebergii W.H. Wagner
- Kruckeberg's Hollyfern
species Polystichum kwakiutlii D.H. Wagner
species Polystichum kwangtungense Ching
species Polystichum lachenense (Hook.) Bedd.
species Polystichum lanceolatum (Baker) Diels
species Polystichum langchungense Ching ex H.S. Kung
species Polystichum latilepis Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum lehmannii Hieron.
species Polystichum lemmonii Underwood
- Lemmon's Hollyfern
species Polystichum lentum (D. Don) T. Moore
species Polystichum lepidotum Sundue et M. Kessler
species Polystichum leveillei C. Chr.
species Polystichum longiaristatum Ching, Boufford et K.H. Shing
species Polystichum longipaleatum Christ
species Polystichum longispinosum Ching
species Polystichum longissimum Ching et Z.Y. Liu
species Polystichum luctuosum (Kunze) T. Moore
species Polystichum macleae (Baker) Diels
species Polystichum maevaranense Tardieu
species Polystichum manmeiense (Christ) Nakaike
species Polystichum marquesense E.D.Br.
species Polystichum martinii Christ
species Polystichum maximum M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum mayebarae Tagawa
species Polystichum mehrae Fraser-Jenk. et Khullar
species Polystichum meiguense Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum melanostipes Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum mexiae Copel.
species Polystichum mickelii A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum microchlamys (Christ) Matsumura
- Attu Hollyfern
species Polystichum mohrioides (Bory ex Willd.) C. Presl
species Polystichum mollissimum Ching
species Polystichum montevidense (Spreng.) Rosenst.
species Polystichum monticola N.C. Anthony et Schelpe
species Polystichum moorei Christ
species Polystichum moupinense (Franch.) Bedd.
species Polystichum mucronatum (Sw.) C. Presl
species Polystichum mucronifolium (Blume) C. Presl
species Polystichum muenchii (H. Christ) C. Chr.
species Polystichum multifidum (Mett.) T. Moore
species Polystichum muricatum (L.) Fée
species Polystichum muscicola Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum nayongense P.S. Wang et X.Y. Wang
species Polystichum nepalense (Spreng.) C. Chr.
species Polystichum nigrum Ching et H.S. Kung
species Polystichum ningshenense Ching et Y.P. Hsu
species Polystichum nudicaule Rosenst.
species Polystichum nudisorum Ching
species Polystichum obliquum (D. Don) T. Moore
species Polystichum oblongum Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum oligocarpum Ching ex H.S. Kung et L.B. Zhang
species Polystichum orbiculatum (Desv.) J. Rémy et Fée
species Polystichum ordinatum (Kunze) Liebm.
species Polystichum oreodoxa Ching ex H.S.Kung & Li Bing Zhang
species Polystichum otophorum (Franch.) Bedd.
species Polystichum ovatopaleaceum (Kodama) Sa. Kurata
species Polystichum paleatum Copel.
species Polystichum paradeltodon L.L. Xiang
species Polystichum paramicola M. Kessler et A.R. Sm.
species Polystichum paramoupinense Ching
species Polystichum parvifoliolatum W.M. Chu
species Polystichum parvipinnulum Tagawa
species Polystichum pianmaense W.M. Chu
species Polystichum piceopaleaceum Tagawa
species Polystichum plaschnickianum (Kunze) T. Moore
species Polystichum platylepis Fée
species Polystichum platyphyllum (Willd.) C.Presl
- Flatleaf Hollyfern
species Polystichum plicatum (Poepp. ex Kunze) Hicken ex Hosseus
species Polystichum polystichiforme (Fée) Maxon
- Antilles Hollyfern
species Polystichum prescottianum (Wall. ex Mett.) Moore
species Polystichum prionolepis Hayata
species Polystichum proliferum (R. Br.) C. Presl
- Mother Shield Fern
species Polystichum pseudoacutidens Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum pseudocastaneum Ching et S.K. Wu
species Polystichum pseudomakinoi Tagawa
species Polystichum pseudosetosum Ching et Z.Y. Liu
species Polystichum punctiferum C. Chr.
species Polystichum pungens (Kaulf.) C.Presl
species Polystichum pycnolepis (Kunze ex Klotzsch) T. Moore
species Polystichum pycnopterum (Christ) Ching ex W.M. Chu et Z.R. He
species Polystichum qamdoense Ching et S.K. Wu
species Polystichum rachichlaena Fée
species Polystichum rapense E.D.Br.
species Polystichum retrosopaleaceum (Kodama) Tagawa
species Polystichum rhizophorum (Jenman) Maxon
Links and literature
Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [327121-2]
Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Polystichum Roth]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1301730]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Polystichum A.W. Roth, 1799]
Data retrieved on: 9 December 2019
Novikoff A., Barabasz-Krasny B. (2015): System of Embryophytes [https://phytomorphology.org/personal-inf...], Plant Systematics: 23-63. Liga-Pres [as Polystichum A.W. Roth]Data retrieved on: 4 January 2020
C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Polystichum Roth]Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019