Asplenium dielerectum

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Asplenium dielerectum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. dielerectum
Binomial name
Asplenium dielerectum
Viane

Asplenium dielerectum is a fern, a member of the spleenwort family. It is critically endangered. [2]

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Description

It has three to nine lance-shaped fronds, around 20 to 70 cm long. [3]

Distribution

It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. [4]

Taxonomy

It was named by Ronald Louis Leo Viane.

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References

  1. Bruegmann, M. (2016). "Asplenium dielerectum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. IUCN: e.T78774453A78774501. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T78774453A78774501.en . Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. "Asplenium dielerectum Viane".
  3. "ECOS: Species Profile".
  4. "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands".