''Pityrogramma sulphurea'', the Jamaican goldback fern, is a

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except ...

, endemic to the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ...

and naturalized in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Synonyms

* ''Acrostichum sulphureum'' Sw. * ''Ceropteris sulphurea'' (Sw.) Fée * ''Gymnogramma sulphurea'' (Sw.) Desv.

References

* Maxon, 1913 In: ''Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.'' 17: 173
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