Asplenium aethiopicum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Aspleniaceae |
Genus: | Asplenium |
Species: | A. aethiopicum |
Binomial name | |
Asplenium aethiopicum | |
Subspecies [2] | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
subsp. aethiopicum
subsp. filare
subsp. tripinnatum
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Asplenium aethiopicum is a lithophytic or sometimes epiphytic species of fern found in Southern and tropical Africa, tropical America, Asia and Australia. [3] [4] [5] It is listed as critically endangered in Victoria, Australia. [5] It is considered exotic in New Zealand. [6]
Asplenium aethiopicum was originally published under the name Trichomanes aethiopicum by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in 1768. [3] In 1935 Alfred Becherer moved this taxon to the genus Asplenium creating the name Asplenium aethiopicum. [3]