Asplenium hemionitis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. hemionitis
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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.[2][3]
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
[edit]- ^ 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.