Ceratopteris cornuta
Also known as: Ceratopteris thalictroides cornuta, Ellobocarpus cornutus, Furcaria cornuta, Onychium cornutum, Pteris cornuta
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Species profile
- Accepted name
- Ceratopteris cornuta (P.Beauv.) Lepr. Species
- Common names
- Broad-leaf water sprite
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Ceratopteris
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Cape Verde Isl.; Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Sierra Leone; Liberia; SW-Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Burundi; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (Caprivi Strip); N-Botswana; Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte); Seychelles (Île aux Cerfs, Mahé); S-Iraq; Saudi Arabia; Oman; Yemen; India (Kerala, Rajasthan); Sri Lanka; Afrotropical; Oriental (Indomalaya); Australasian; Guinée Maritime
- Basionym
- Pteris cornuta P.Beauv.
- Published in
- Lepr. (1830). In: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. 19: 103, T. 4A.
Media and observations
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/8330991 https://www.gbif.org/species/8330991
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM