Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium theciferum (Kunth) Mett.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 2: 227 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America, Africa. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Rwanda, Réunion, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Viane, R.L.L. (2021). Aspleniaceae of Madagascar: A revision with annotations on species from the Mascarenes, the Comoros, TAAF, and continental Africa: 1-247. Published by the author.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ann. Sci. Nat., Sér. 5, 2: 227 (1864).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Braithwaite, A.F. [495] Kenya K001604760 Yes
Kamau, P.; Christenhusz, M.J.M [591] Kenya K000696569 No
Braithwaite, A.F. [415] Tanzania K001516476 Yes
Tweedie [2670] Kenya K001639822 Yes
Schimper [1184] Ethiopia K000423903 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0