Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium polyodon G.Forst.

First published in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 80 (1786)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ogasawara-shoto to Kazan-retto, Christmas Island to New Zealand and Pacific. It is a perennial or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Caroline Is., Chatham Is., Christmas I., Hawaii, Kazan-retto, Lesser Sunda Is., Marquesas, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Tubuai Is., Vanuatu, Victoria, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Gardner, R. (2021). The native vascular plants of Niue, SW Pacific. Journal, Auckland Botanical Society 76: 82-87.
  • Hallé, N. (1980). Les Orchidees de Tubuai (archipel des Australes, Sud Polynesie), suivies d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des iles Australes. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2(3): 69-130.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagner, W.L. (2019). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 1: 1-411. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Gardner, R. (2021). The native vascular plants of Niue, SW Pacific. Journal, Auckland Botanical Society 76: 82-87.
  • Hallé, N. (1980). Les Orchidees de Tubuai (archipel des Australes, Sud Polynesie), suivies d'un catalogue des plantes a fleurs et fougeres des iles Australes. Cahiers de l'Indo-Pacifique 2(3): 69-130.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagner, W.L. (2019). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 1: 1-411. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2018 Cheeseman, T.F. [760] Cook Islands K000672912 No
Aug 1, 2011 Pancher, M. [s.n.] French Polynesia K000670179 No
Jun 6, 2003 Forbes, C.N. [1671M] United States Asplenium cookii K000668922 No
Jun 6, 2003 Degener, O.; Murashiga; Greenwell; Kerr, M. [20263] United States Asplenium cookii K000668919 No
Jun 6, 2003 Menzies, A. [15] United States Asplenium cookii K000668920 No
Jun 6, 2003 Smith; Whiting; Neal [s.n.] United States Asplenium cookii K000668923 No
Jun 6, 2003 Forbes, C.N. [2537M] United States Asplenium cookii K000668921 No
Jun 4, 2003 Degener, O.; Ward; Fleming [25303] United States Asplenium cookii K000668924 No
Jun 1, 2003 Forbes, C.N. [932K] United States Asplenium cookii K000668925 No
Forbes, C.N. [822K] United States Asplenium cookii K000668918 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images