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Asplenium chathamense

Asplenium chathamense, also called Chatham Island spleenwort, is a species of spleenwort in the fern family Aspleniaceae. It is endemic and found near coasts on the Chatham Islands. The species was described in 1985 by Patrick Brownsey. It is categorized as "naturally uncommon" in the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

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Asplenium chathamense
Naturally Uncommon
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS)1
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. chathamense
Binomial name
Asplenium chathamense
Brownsey, 1985

Asplenium chathamense, also called Chatham Island spleenwort, is a species of spleenwort in the fern family Aspleniaceae.2 It is endemic and found near coasts on the Chatham Islands. The species was described in 1985 by Patrick Brownsey. It is categorized as "naturally uncommon" in the New Zealand Threat Classification System.13

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