Asplenium aethiopicum

Asplenium aethiopicum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium aethiopicum
Subspecies: A. a. subsp. aethiopicum – A. a. subsp. filare – A. a. subsp. tripinnatum

Name

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm.f.) Bech., Candollea 6 1936

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Morocco; N-Chad (Tibesti); Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; ?Ivory Coast; Togo; ?Niger; Chad; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Uganda; Rwanda; Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; South Africa (widespread); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Lesotho; Soqotra; St. Helena; Mauritius; La Réunion; Madagascar; Comores (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte) Continental: Asia Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Sri Lanka; India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam State, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl.; Sulawesi; Moluccas (Seram); ?Thailand; Myanmar (Chin, etc.); Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Java; Philippines; China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Moluccas (Seram, etc.); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Wetar, Timor, Alor) Continental: Australasia Australia (SE-Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, SW-Western Australia) Continental: Pacific Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Hahajima); Volcano Isl. (Minami-Iwojima); Hawaii (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii Isl.); Guam; Northern Marianas (Rota Isl., Saipan, Tinian); Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Fulaga, Gau, Kabara, Kadavu, Koro, Naigani, Taveuni, Vanua Balavu, Waya); Rotuma Isl.; Palau (Koror, Ulebsechel, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Ulong, Eil Malk, Angaur); Fed. States of Micronesia (Fais, Kosrae); Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, ´Eua, Vava´u, Niuafo´ou, Tafahi); American Samoa (Tutuila, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savaii, Upolu); Society Isl. (Tahiti, Bora Bora); Austral Isl. (Rapa Iti, Tubuai); Niue; Society Isl. (Tahiti); New Caledonia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Becherer, A., 1936. Candollea 6

Additional references

• Willdenow, C.L.v. Species Plantarum. (1810) Editio quarta 5(1):339. [1]

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Asplenium aethiopicum – 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 Jan 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Asplenium aethiopicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Asplenium aethiopicum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 05 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Asplenium aethiopicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Shredded spleenwort

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