Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Kunth) Stapf (Tropics & Subtropics: Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)