Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
Asplenium aethiopicum

Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific. It is a perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maluku, Marianas, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1984 Heller, A.A. [2873] United States Asplenium rhipidoneuron K000660300 No
Webster, G.L. [1452] United States Asplenium rhipidoneuron K000672508 No
Forbes, C.N. [320a.H] United States Asplenium rhipidoneuron K000672505 No
Forbes, C.N. [861H] United States Asplenium rhipidoneuron K000672507 No
Forbes, C.N. [160H] United States Asplenium rhipidoneuron K000672506 No
Croft, J.R. [2032] Asplenium lanceolatum K000475909 No
Croft, J.R. [2032] Asplenium lanceolatum K000475910 No
Braithwaite [2613] Vanuatu Asplenium adiantoides K001567628 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2206] India Asplenium furcatum K001115412 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • 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