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Asplenium aethiopicum

Asplenium aethiopicum is a lithophytic or sometimes epiphytic species of fern found in Southern and tropical Africa, tropical America, Asia and Australia. It is listed as critically endangered in Victoria, Australia. It is considered exotic in New Zealand.

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Asplenium aethiopicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. aethiopicum
Binomial name
Asplenium aethiopicum
(Burm.f.) Bech.
Subspecies2
  • Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum
  • Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. filare (Forssk.) A.F.Braithw.
  • Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. tripinnatum (Baker) A.F.Braithw.
Synonyms2
subsp. aethiopicum
  • Trichomanes adiantoides L.
  • Trichomanes aethiopicum Burm.f.
  • Asplenium lanceolatum Forssk.
  • Asplenium adiantoides (L.) Lam.
  • Asplenium falsum Retz.
  • Asplenium furcatum Thunb.
  • Asplenium fragrans Schkuhr
  • Asplenium cultratum Gaudich.
  • Asplenium denticulatum Blume
  • Asplenium hirsutum B.Heyne
  • Asplenium tripartitum Blume
  • Asplenium cuneatum Hook. & Grev.
  • Asplenium furcatum f. platyphyllum Kunze
  • Asplenium nigricans Kunze
  • Asplenium dentex Kunze
  • Tarachia browniana C.Presl
  • Tarachia furcata (Thunb.) C.Presl
  • Tarachia furcata var. platyphylla C.Presl
  • Tarachia nigricans (Kunze) C.Presl
  • Asplenium praemorsum var. furcatum (Thunb.) T.Moore
  • Asplenium vinsonii Cordem.
  • Asplenium adiantoides (L.) C.Chr.
  • Asplenium rhipidoneuron W.J.Rob.
  • Asplenium praemorsum var. angustitripinnatum Bonap.
  • Chamaefilix adiantoides (L.) Farw.
  • Tarachia adiantoides (L.) Nakai ex Tuyama
  • Asplenium aemilii-guineae Alston
subsp. filare
  • Acrostichum filare Forssk.
  • Chamaefilix filaris (Forssk.) Farw.
  • Asplenium filare (Forssk.) Alston
subsp. tripinnatum
  • Asplenium furcatum var. tripinnatum Baker
  • Asplenium tripinnatum (Baker) Panigrahi
  • Asplenium tetraploideum Panigrahi

Asplenium aethiopicum is a lithophytic or sometimes epiphytic species of fern found in Southern and tropical Africa, tropical America, Asia and Australia.345 It is listed as critically endangered in Victoria, Australia.5 It is considered exotic in New Zealand.6

Taxonomy

Asplenium aethiopicum was originally published under the name Trichomanes aethiopicum by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768.3 In 1935 Alfred Becherer moved this taxon to the genus Asplenium creating the name Asplenium aethiopicum.3

References

References

  1. Christenhusz, M.; Bento Elias, R.; Dyer, R.; Ivanenko, Y.; Rouhan, G.; Rumsey, F.; Väre, H. (2017). "Asplenium aethiopicum (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T83467771A83467802.
  2. Hassler, Michael (5 November 2024). "World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World". Version 24.11. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. Brownsey, P.J. (2020). "Asplenium aethiopicum v. 7". Flora of Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  4. "Asplenium aethiopicum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  5. "VicFlora: Asplenium aethiopicum". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  6. "Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Asplenium aethiopicum". www.nzflora.info. Retrieved 2024-07-15.