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, 2^nd 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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