Asplenium obovatum

Asplenium obovatum subsp. obovatum, Cap Taillat, France

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium obovatum
Subspecies: A. o. subsp. billotii – A. o. subsp. obovatum – A. o. subsp. protobillotii
Nothosubspecies: A. o. nothosubsp. cyrnosardoum
Nothovarietates: A. o. nothovar. ibericum

Name

Asplenium obovatum Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec.: 68 (1824).

• Typus: Hab. in Corsica: in monte La Trinitá.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asplenium lanceolatum var. obovatum (Viv.) Gren. & Godr., Fl. France Corse 3: 636 (1856).
  • Asplenium lanceolatum subsp. obovatum (Viv.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 1: 863 (1884).
  • Asplenium lanceolatum subsp. obovatum (Viv.) Christ, Foug. Alpes Maritimes: 13 (1900).
  • Asplenium lanceolatum proles obovatum (Viv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 439 (1913).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium (extinct), Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Viviani, D. 1824. Florae Libycae specimen sive plantarum enumeratio Cyrenaicam, Pentapolim, Magnae Syrteos desertum, et regionem Tripolitanam incolentium quas ex siccis speciminibus delineavit. 125 pp., Pagano, Genova. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Herrero, A., Pajarón, S. & Prada, C. 2001. Isozyme variation and genetic relationships among taxa in the Asplenium obovatum group (Aspleniaceae, Pteridophyta). American Journal of Botany 88(11): 2040–2050. DOI: 10.2307/3558430 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Asplenium obovatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Asplenium obovatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Asplenium obovatum. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2022. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium obovatum Accessed: 22 Dec 2022. Reference page.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Asplenium obovatum in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Dec 22.

Vernacular names

English: Lanceolate Spleenwort
français: Doradille obovale

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