Asplenium aethiopicum

Asplenium aethiopicum
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Aspleniaceae
Genus:	Asplenium
Species:	A. aethiopicum
Binomial name
	Asplenium aethiopicum; (Burm.f.) Bech.
Subspecies
	Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. aethiopicum ; Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. filare (Forssk.) A.F.Braithw. ; Asplenium aethiopicum subsp. tripinnatum (Baker) A.F.Braithw.;
Synonyms
	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.^[3]^[4]^[5] 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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Brownsey, P.J. (2020). "Asplenium aethiopicum v. 7". Flora of Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
^ "Asplenium aethiopicum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
^ ^a ^b "VicFlora: Asplenium aethiopicum". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
^ "Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Asplenium aethiopicum". www.nzflora.info. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

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[IUCN-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.

[WF-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.

[:0-3] Brownsey, P.J. (2020). "Asplenium aethiopicum v. 7". Flora of Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

[inaturalist-Asplenium_aethiopicum-4] "Asplenium aethiopicum". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

[:1-5] "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.

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