Asplenium australasicum

Asplenium australasicum

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 australasicum
Forma: A. a. f. robinsonii

Name

Asplenium australasicum (J.Sm.) Hook., Fil. Exot. t. 88. (1859)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Neottopteris australasica J.Sm., Cat. Cult. Ferns: 49 (1857)
• Homotypic
  • Thamnopteris australasica (J.Sm.) T.Moore, Index Fil.: 115 (1859)
• Heterotypic
  • Asplenium nidus var. bieriale Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 27: 148 (1974)
  • Asplenium nidus var. multilobum F.M.Bailey, Queensland Agric. J. 1: 370 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Queensland Regional: New Zealand New Zealand South Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Gilbert Is., New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. Regional: South-Central Pacific Cook Is., Line Is., Marquesas, Pitcairn Is., Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is., Marianas, Marshall Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1859. Filices Exoticae t. 88. BHL

Links

• Hassler, M. 2025. Asplenium australasicum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Accessed: 16 September 2025.
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Asplenium australasicum Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 16 September 2025.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Asplenium australasicum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2025.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Asplenium australasicum. Published online. Accessed: 16 September 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Bird's nest fern

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