Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium abyssinicum Fée

First published in Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 199 (1852)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1. epublication.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gen. Fil. 199 (1852)
  • Sim F.S.A. 165, t. 70 (1915).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A.V.P.: 27 (1957)
  • Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 57 (1959)
  • Gen.: 199 (1850–52)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 61 (1991)
  • Mett. n. 97 (1850)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 29 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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 2026. 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 2026. 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