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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

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Brainea insignis (Hook.) J.Sm.

This species name was first published in Cat. Ferns Kew 5 (1856)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001122823.

Synonyms of Brainea insignis (Hook.) J.Sm.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Blechnum insigne (Hook.) C.M.Kuo Taiwania 30: 67 (1985) wfo-0000163274
Bowringia insignis Hook. Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 237, t.2 (1853) wfo-0001125329
Brainea formosana Hayata Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 237 (1928) wfo-0001126788
Brainea insignis var. formosana (Hayata) Tagawa J. Jap. Bot. 12(8): 542 1936 wfo-0001126789