Asplenium aethiopicum
Egyptian Spleenwort
Also known as: Asplenium furcatum Milde +7 more
- Asplenium furcatum Milde
- Asplenium furcatum var. canariense Milde
- Asplenium furcatum var. latifolium (Bolle) Milde
- Asplenium intermedium Kaulf.
- Asplenium praemorsum A.Chev.
- Asplenium praemorsum Sim
- Asplenium praemorsum var. tripinnatum Sim
- Asplenium rhipidoneuron B.L.Rob.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Aspleniaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a epiphyte.
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Asplenium aethiopicum (commonly known as Egyptian Spleenwort) is an epiphytic fern belonging to the Aspleniaceae family. Naturally occurring in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions. The genus Asplenium is notably large, comprising more than 900 species. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Air Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, Australia, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Macaronesia, Malesia, Middle Atlantic Ocean, North-Central Pacific, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern Africa, Northwestern Pacific, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, South-Central Pacific, Southern Africa, Southwestern Pacific, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, 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, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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