Asplenium adulterinum

Asplenium adulterinum, Oberfranken, Bavaria, Germany

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium adulterinum

Name

Asplenium adulterinum Milde, Höh. Sporenpfl. Deutschl.: 40 (1865).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asplenium viride subsp. adulterinum (Milde) H.Hofm., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 1: 216 (1895).
  • Asplenium viride var. adulterinum (Milde) Jess., Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 618 (1879).
• Heterotypic
  • Asplenium viride subsp. fallax Heufl., Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 6: 347 (1866).
    • Asplenium fallax (Heufl.) Dörfl., Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) 1898: n.° 3668 (1898).
  • Asplenium adulterinum f. decumbens H.Rosend., Bot. Not. 1918: 166 (1918).
  • Asplenium adulterinum f. microphyllum H.Rosend., Bot. Not. 1918: 166 (1918).

Note:

• Allotetraploid species derived from a hybrid of Asplenium trichomanes and Asplenium viride

Hybrids

A. × bechereri – A. × lobmingense – A. × poscharskyanum – A. × trichomaniforme 

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Finland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia (Czechia , Slovakia), Germany, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Hercegovina, Slovenia, Serbia & Kosovo). Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska. Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Milde, C.A.J. 1865. Die höheren Sporenpflanzen Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Arthur Felix: Leipzig. viii+ 152 pp. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Żołnierz, L., Kromer, K. & Wierkosz, K. 2008. Ladder spleenwort (Asplenium adulterinum Milde) in Poland – distribution, population state and conservation plan framework. Pp. 29–45 in: Szczęśniak, E. & Gola, E. (eds.), Club mosses, horsetails and ferns in Poland – resources and protection. Polish Botanical Society & Institute of Plant Biology, University of Wrocław, Wrocław. ISBN 978-8-36176-400-7 PDF

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Asplenium adulterinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Asplenium adulterinum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Asplenium adulterinum. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium adulterinum Accessed: 24 Jan 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• čeština: Sleziník nepravý
• Deutsch: Braungrüner Streifenfarn
• English: Ladder Spleenwort
• suomi: Serpentiiniraunioinen
• polski: Zanokcica serpentynowa
• slovenščina: nepravi sršaj

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