Nephrolepis cordifolia
indigenousNephrolepidaceae

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Fishbone Fern

Nephrolepis cordifolia, is a fern native to northern Australia and Asia. It has many common names including tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, fishbone fern, and herringbone fern. It is indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands where it is known as kupukupu, 'okupukupu or ni'ani'au It is similar to the related fern Nephrolepis exaltata.

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Where documented · 97 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 216 records
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 29 · GBIF 38
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 26
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 18 · GBIF 12
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 11
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 7
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 10
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4
ʻAiea · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Makawao · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 6
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Wailuku · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kalopā · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keāliaaupuni · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nienie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehuiki · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawela · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1