| Asplenium hemionitis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. hemionitis
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| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium hemionitis | |
Asplenium hemionitis is a species of fern native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa and mainland Portugal. It inhabits humid woods and other shady areas, sometimes in uncovered slopes subject to high ocean humidity.23
Two subspecies are accepted.4
- Asplenium hemionitis var. hemionitis – Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, Morocco, and Portugal
- Asplenium hemionitis var. longilobatum G.Kunkel – Canary Islands (La Gomera)
Linnaeus was the first to describe the species with the binomial Asplenium hemionitis in his Species Plantarum of 1753.5
References
References
- Christenhusz, M.; Bento Elias, R.; Dyer, R.; Ivanenko, Y.; Rouhan, G.; Rumsey, F.; Väre, H. (2017). "Asplenium hemionitis (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T162318A85425371. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- "Asplenium hemionitis L." Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "Asplenium hemionitis L." Flora-On. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- "Asplenium hemionitis L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. II (1st ed.). Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 1078.