Asplenium platyneuron

Taxonavigation

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

Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat. 73 (1888).

Basionym
- Acrostichum platyneuron L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1069 (1753).
Homotypic
- Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes in Eaton, Ferns N. Amer. 1: 24 (1878), comb. inval., nom. prov.
- Chamaefilix platyneuros (L.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 269 (1931).
- Tarachia platyneura (L.) Momose, J. Jap. Bot. 35: 324 (1960).
- Asplenium platyneuron var. typicum Wherry, Bartonia 21: 14 (1942).
Heterotypic
- see Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Czechoslovakia (Slovakia, introduced).
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (Western Cape, Eastern Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpulamanga)
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1069. Reference page.

Taylor, W.C., Mohlenbrock, R.H. & Burton, F.J. 1976. Variation in North American Asplenium platyneuron. American Fern Journal 66(2): 63–68. JSTOR BHL Reference page.
Lellinger, D.B. 1981. Notes on North American Ferns. American Fern Journal 71(3): 90–94. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Asplenium platyneuron 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 platyneuron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2025.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Asplenium platyneuron. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium platyneuron Accessed: 28 Jan 2025. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Asplenium platyneuron in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 28.

English: Ebony Spleenwort