Asplenium monanthes

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium monanthes
Varietates: A. m. var. monanthes – A. m. var. wagneri

Name

Asplenium monanthes L., Mant. Pl. 1: 130 (1767).

Typus: "Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." Lectotype : Herb. Linn. No. 1250.17 (LINN), designated by Morton & Lellinger, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 34 (1966).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Asplenium monanthemum L., Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 690 (1767), nom. superfl.
- Chamaefilix monanthes (L.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 269 (1931).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (Sao Miguel, Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores, Corvo), Canary Islands (La Palma), Madeira (Madeira).
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands (Bioko), Rwanda.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape, Western Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (Limpopo, Mpulamanga).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar, Réunion.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii (Maui, Hawaii).
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central (Mexico Distrito Federal, Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northwest (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas).
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Brazil South (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina).
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Misiones), Argentina Northwest (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, San Luis, Tucuman), Chile Central, Chile South, Uruguay.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - Tristan da Cunha (Tristan, Gough, Inaccessible).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 + index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 2 (Regnum vegetabile): 736 + 15 pp. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL. Reference page.
Farwell, O.A. 1931. Fern Notes II. Ferns in the Herbarium of Parke, Davis & co. American Midland Naturalist 12(8): 233–311. JSTOR Reference page.

Additional references

Morton, C.V. & Lellinger, D.B. 1966. The Polypodiaceae subfamily Asplenioideae in Venezuela. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 15: 1–49. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Asplenium monanthes in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Asplenium monanthes. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2025.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Asplenium monanthes. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium monanthes Accessed: 28 Jan 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Einsoriger Streifenfarn
English: Single-sorus Spleenwort
español: Culantrillo de pozo