- Family:
- Aspleniaceae Newman
- Genus:
- Asplenium L.
- Species:
- Asplenium laciniatum D.Don
Asplenium laciniatum subsp. laciniatum

[FTEA]
Aspleniaceae, Henk Beentje. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Nepal, on rocks, local name ‘Dawecow’, 1818, Wallich s.n. (K!, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Lithophyte or low epiphyte.
- Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
- Rhizome erect, 2–9 mm diameter, with dark brown clathrate-lanceolate attenuate subentire rhizome scales up to 3 mm long.
- Morphology Leaves
- Fronds tufted, erect or arching, not proliferous, herbaceous.
- Morphology Leaves Stipes
- Stipe greyish-green when dried, becoming dark brown at the base, 1–13 cm long, with scattered subulate dark brown weakly pseudoserrate scales up to 2 mm long.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
- Lamina narrowly elliptic in outline, 5–23 × 1.5–5 cm, 2-pinnatifid to 2-pinnatisect, basal 2–3 pairs slightly reduced.
- Morphology Leaves Pinnae
- Pinna up to 10 pairs, to 3 × 1.3 cm, pinnules and pinnule lobes obovate or spatulate, the basal acroscopic lobe usually free, up to 6 mm long, sharply dentate to shallowly incised on the outer margin, glabrous above, subglabrous beneath.
- Morphology Leaves Rachis
- Rachis greyishgreen when dried with narrow wings, glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori
- Sori 2–5 per lobe, linear to oval, 2–4 mm.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori Indusium
- Indusium linear, almost transparent, erose, 0.3–0.5 mm wide.
- Figures
- Fig. 10: 1–2, p. 62.
Native to:
Assam, Cape Provinces, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Free State, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zimbabwe
- Asplenium depauperatum Wall.
- Asplenium fimbriatum Kunze
- Asplenium kansuense Ching
- Asplenium lankongense Ching
- Asplenium mae Viane & Reichst.
- Asplenium neovarians Ching
- Asplenium parvulum Wall.
- Asplenium paucijugum Ching
- Asplenium propinquum Ching
- Asplenium ruta Wall.
- Asplenium varians Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
- Asplenium varians var. fimbriatum (Kunze) Viane
- Chamaefilix parvula Farw.
Asplenium laciniatum subsp. laciniatum appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 234], Nepal | Asplenium depauperatum | K001109598 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2207] | Asplenium parvulum | K001115413 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1972 | Wallich [s.n.], Nepal | Asplenium varians | K000512907 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Rawson, R.W. [s.n.], South Africa | Asplenium varians | K000423961 | Yes | ||
Rawson, R.W. [s.n.], South Africa | Asplenium varians | K000423962 | Yes | ||
Gueinzius [s.n.], South Africa | Asplenium varians | K000423960 | Yes |
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6 Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
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.
- Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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