Asplenium platyneuron

Asplenium platyneuron

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium platyneuron
Varietates: A. p. var. bacculum-rubrum – A. p. var. platyneuron

Name

Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat. 73 (1888).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acrostichum platyneuron L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1069 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes in Eaton, Ferns N. Amer. 1: 24 (1878), comb. inval., nom. prov.
  • Chamaefilix platyneuros (L.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 269 (1931).
  • Tarachia platyneura (L.) Momose, J. Jap. Bot. 35: 324 (1960).
  • Asplenium platyneuron var. typicum Wherry, Bartonia 21: 14 (1942).
• Heterotypic
  • see Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Western Cape, Eastern Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpulamanga) Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L., Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta reported as growing spontaneously within one hundred miles of New York City. v–xi, 1–90. BHL Reference page.  [see page 73]

Additional references

• Taylor, W.C., Mohlenbrock, R.H. & Burton, F.J. 1976. Variation in North American Asplenium platyneuron. American Fern Journal 66(2): 63–68. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Lellinger, D.B. 1981. Notes on North American Ferns. American Fern Journal 71(3): 90–94. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Asplenium platyneuron – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 08.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Asplenium platyneuron. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 08 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Asplenium platyneuron in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Asplenium platyneuron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Feb. 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Ebony Spleenwort

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