
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 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 9
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 ✓
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 3
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
Kalialinui · MauiGBIF 3
Kula · HawaiʻiGBIF 3
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 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wahiawa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻAlae 1-2 · MauiiNat 2
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiGBIF 2
Nānākuli · OʻahuGBIF 2
Mākolelau · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1
Ukumehame · MauiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 1
Kīpahoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1
Honopū · KauaʻiiNat 1
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waikele · OʻahuGBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe Mauka · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wahikuli · MauiGBIF 1
Naholoku · MauiGBIF 1
ʻŌiʻo 2 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Humuʻula · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Honokōhau · MauiGBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaloko · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kalauao · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waikapū · MauiGBIF 1
Waimano · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaohai · LānaʻiGBIF 1
Kealakomo · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Hanakaʻoe · OʻahuGBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Hamanamana · HawaiʻiGBIF 1










