Lepisorus thunbergianus
indigenousPolypodiaceae

Lepisorus thunbergianus

Weeping Fern

Lepisorus thunbergianus, the weeping fern, is an epiphyte with slender, undivided fronds. Across its native Asian and Pacific range, it has many common names, including 瓦韦 (wa wei) in Chinese, ノキシノブ (nokisinobu), "hiding under eaves" in Japanese, 일엽초 (il-yeobcho) in Korean, and ‘ēkaha ‘ākōlea, pua‘a kuhinia, or pākahakaha in Hawaiian. While it is currently accepted as a species, it is paraphyletic species complex, and "might need to be redefined."

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Where documented · 96 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 282 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 39
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 27 · GBIF 45
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 17
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 12
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 14
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 4
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 7
Pāpaʻikou · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 6
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 8
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 7
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 3
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Manukā · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hakalau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
North Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Alakahi · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paukaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punahoa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1