Asplenium onopteris

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium onopteris

Name

Asplenium onopteris L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1081 (1753).

Typus: "Habitat in Italia, Gallia." Lectotype (Fernandes, Bol. Soc. Brot., ser. 2, 56: 66. 1983): Herb. Burser XX: 12 (UPS).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Asplenium adiantum-nigrum subsp. onopteris (L.) Heufl., Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 6: 310 (1856).
Heterotypic
- Asplenium acutum Bory ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 5(1): 347 (1810).
  - Typus: Spain: "La forêt de Laguna à Ténériffe en automne, au pied des grands arbres et entre les rocs ombragés." Bory de St-Vincent (isotype: P 00636535)
  - Tarachia acuta (Willd.) C.Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 442 [Epimel. Bot. 82] (1851).
  - Asplenium adiantum-nigrum var. acutum (Willd.) Menezes, Fl. Madeira: 206 (1914).
  - Chamaefilix adiantum-nigrum (L.) Farw. var. acuta (Willd.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12. 273 (1931).
- Asplenium virgilii Bory, Exp. Sci. Morée, Bot. 289 (1832).
  - Type locality: [Grèce:] non loin de l'embouchure du Roumano; à Koubeh; en allant à Messàne, etc.; Alger, ltalie, Corse et Provence.
- Asplenium productum Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6: 524 (1838), nom. illeg. non Presl 1825
  - Type locality: Hab. in Madera, ab altitudine 1000 ad 3000 pedum ubique vulgatissimum.
- Asplenium onopteris var. triangulare G.Kunkel, Cuad. Bot. Canaria 2: 35 (1967). "triangularis".
  - Typus: Canary Islands, La Gomera: La Carbonera, 750 m, in Laurel woodland. Kunkel 11555, (Holotype: TFMC).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Ireland (Eire, Northern Ireland)
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Belgium (doubtfully native), Poland, Switzerland
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares (Ibiza with Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca), Corse, France (plus Monaco), Portugal, Sardegna, Spain (plus Gibralter)
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia)
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores (Corvo, Faial, Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores, São Miguel, Pico, Santa Maria, Terceira), Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife), Madeira (Madeira island)
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Turkey

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1081. Reference page.
Willdenow, C.L. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 5, pars 1. pp. [i]–l, 1–542. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital 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.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Asplenium onopteris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Asplenium onopteris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jul 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Asplenium onopteris. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jul 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium onopteris Accessed: 26 Jul 2023.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Asplenium onopteris in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 26.
JSTOR Global Plants. Asplenium onopteris. Accessed: 2025 Jan 15 Reference page.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Spitzer Streifenfarn
English: Irish Spleenwort
español: Culantrillo negro de monte
italiano: Asplenio maggiore
polski: Zanokcica kończysta