| Family | Pteridaceae |
| Scientific name | Pteris dispar Kunze |
| Synonyms | Pteris semipinnata L. var. dispar (Kunze) Hooker & Baker; Pteris taiwaniana Masamune & Suzuki |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) amakusa shida [Amakusa fern (Amakusa = a local area in Nagasaki Prefecture)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Pacific Ocean side, west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Chromosomal number | n=29 (2x), n=58 (4x), 2n=116 |
| Description | Leaves 20-40cm long. Evergreen. Terrestrial. |
| Reference | Pteris dispar Kunze |
| February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |