Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium monanthes L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 130 (1767)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Tristan da Cunha, Bioko, Cameroon, Somalia to S. Africa Madagascar, Réunion, Hawaiian Islands, Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Azores, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Peru, Rwanda, Réunion, Somalia, South Carolina, Sudan, Tanzania, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2023). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.608.1. epublication.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • 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.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • 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 of Boyacá Project

  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Mant. Pl. 1 : 130 (1767)
  • Maxton in Contr. U:S. Nat. Herb. 17 : 150, t. 1 (1913)
  • Sim F.S.A. 141, t. 46, fig. 1 (1915).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

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
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Alston, Ferns W.T.A.: 57 (1959)
  • Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns: 226, map, figs. (1990)
  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 66 (1991)
  • Mant. Pl. 1: 130 (1767)
  • Richter, Codex Bot. Linn.: 1030 (1835)
  • Schelpe, F.Z. Pteridophyta: 175, t. 53d (1970)
  • Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 141, t. 46 fig. 1 (1915)
  • Thulin, Fl. Somal. 1: 13 (1993)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 28, t. 172 (1994).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [1144] Uganda K000438371 No
Jan 1, 2008 Katende, T.; Sheil, D. [1851] Uganda K000438370 No
Jan 1, 1963 Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000633304 Unknown Type Material Yes
Raynal, J. [20551] Rwanda K001600828 Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Pleiss, D.; Du Pleiss, S; O'Connor, N. [NCW653] Zambia K001870057 Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Pleiss, D.; Du Pleiss, S; O'Connor, N. [NCW660] Zambia K001870059 Yes
Diell, I. [16] United States K000656320 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] United States K000672893 Type Yes
Forbes, C.N. [323H] United States Asplenium monanthemum K000656591 No
Degener, O.; Murashiga, T. [20372] United States Asplenium monanthemum K000656592 No

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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