Polystichum braunii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum
Species: Polystichum braunii

Name

Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 278 (1852).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Aspidium braunii Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 1: 9, tab. 2 (1825).
  - Typus: Germany, Baden-Württemberg: "In rupibus humidis, muscosis, dumetosis in d. Hoelle prope d. Hirschensprung," Alex. Braun
Homotypic
- Aspidium aculeatum var. braunii (Spenn.) Döll, Rhein. Fl.: 21 (1843).
- Aspidium aculeatum subsp. braunii (Spenn.) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 4: 697 (1881).
- Aspidium aculeatum subsp. braunii (Spenn.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 810 (1882), isonym.
- Dryopteris aculeata var. braunii (Spenn.) Underw., Native Ferns, ed. 4: 112 (1893).
- Dryopteris braunii (Spenn.) Underw. in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 15 (1896).
- Polystichum aculeatum var. braunii (Spenn.) Davenp., Rhodora 4: 10 (1902).
- Aetopteron braunii (Spenn.) House, Amer. Fern J. 10(3): 88 (1920).
Heterotypic
- Aspidium braunii var. minus Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 1: 10 (1825).
  - Typus: Germany, Baden-Württemberg: "In rupibus humidis, muscosis, dumetosis in d. Hoelle prope d. Hirschensprung," Spenner
- Aspidium pilosum Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 195 (1858) [nomen nudum: Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 2: 168 (1851)].
- Aspidium aculeatum var. subtripinnatum Milde, Höh. Sporenpfl. Deutschl.: 65 (1865).
  - Typus: Gräfenberg im Gesenke, Milde
  - Aspidium braunii var. subtripinnatum (Milde) Borbás, Math. Term. Közlem. 14: 447 (1877).
- Polystichum braunii var. clarkei Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 15 (1899). [World Plants: "p. 25"]
- Polystichum braunii var. purshii Fernald, Rhodora 30: 30 (1928).
  - Typus: Vermont, Smuggler's Notch, 9 Aug 1877, C.E. Faxon (GH)
  - Polystichum braunii subsp. purshii (Fernald) Calder & Roy L.Taylor, Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1388 (1965).
- Polystichum shennongense Ching, Boufford & K.H.Shing, J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 34 (1983).
Misapplied names
- Polystichum paleaceum (Borkh.) O.Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 85 (1949), non Sw.

Hybrids

P. × dycei – P. × fujisanense – P. × kasayamense – P. × kunioi – P. × luerssenii – P. × meyeri – P. × potteri – P. × safarovii – P. × sarukurense – P. × titibuense – P. × wirtgenii

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Italy, Northwestern Balkan Peninsula, Romania.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Türkiye.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Alaska.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Fée, A.L.A. 1850–1852. Mémoires sur les Familles des Fougères; Cinquieme Mémoire, Genera Filicum. 387 pp., xxx pl., Paris / Strasbourg. BHL Reference page.
Spenner, F.C.L. 1825–1826. Flora Friburgensis et Regionum Proxime Adjacentium. Vol. 1–2. 608 pp. Freiburg im Breisgau. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Boudrie, M. & Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. 2024. Neotypification of Polypodium paleaceum Borkh. (Dryopteridaceae, Pteridophyta). Fern Gazette 22(3): 139–144. PDF

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Polystichum braunii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Polystichum braunii. Published online. Accessed: 05 April 2020. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Polystichum braunii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 April 2020. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Polystichum braunii – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 April 05.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Polystichum braunii. Accessed: 27 May 2025.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Polystichum braunii. Accessed: 2024 October 10.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Polystichum braunii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-April-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weicher Schildfarn
English: Braun's shield fern
eesti: Brauni astelsõnajalg
magyar: Szőrös vesepáfrány
norsk: junkerbregne norsk
polski: Paprotnik Brauna
русский: Многорядник Брауна
svenska: Skuggbräken
українська: Багаторядник Брауна
中文: 布朗耳蕨