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Asplenium L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
1078
ICN
Asplenium L.
genus
Asplenium
From the Greek a (without) and splen (spleen), a reference to the supposed medicinal properties of these plants in reducing an enlarged spleen.

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Asplenium

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Asplenium L.

Indusium well-developed; sporangia and sori as in family. Rhizome short, ascending; stipites clustered; paleae us. conspicuous, hairs us. present. Fronds pinnate to decompound, rarely simple; lamina us. firm to coriac.; veins free or with occ. anastomoses. A subcosmopolitan genus with over 650 spp.
Sori elongate along veinlets, exindusiate; sporangia stalked; annulus vertical, incomplete; spores bilateral, dark. Rhizome short, with narrow dark clathrate paleae; stipites tufted, paleate; lamina pinnate; veinlets with numerous forks. Small terrestrial ferns of a few, rather ill-defined spp. of Chile, Australia, N.Z., and one of Spain and Morocco.

Asplenium L.

n = 53–57 univalents + 57–62 bivalents + 12–13 trivalents
n = 64 univalents + 71 bivalents + 9 trivalents
Terrestrial ferns. Rhizomes short, bearing clathrate scales. Fronds entire or slightly lobed, scaly at least on stipes; veins free. Sori elongated along adjacent veins in pairs; sori of neighbouring veins close, parallel, and appearing at maturity like a single sorus. Indusia elongated, overlying sori, attached to lamina along one edge, those covering a pair of sori opening towards each other. Spores monolete.

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Asplenium L.
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Asplenium L.
Argentina
Asplenium L.
Australia
Asplenium L.
Chile
Asplenium L.
China
Asplenium L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Asplenium L.
Fiji
Asplenium L.
India
Asplenium L.
Micronesia, Federated States Of
Asplenium L.
Nepal
Asplenium L.
New Caledonia
Asplenium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Asplenium L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Asplenium L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Asplenium L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Asplenium L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Asplenium L.
Norway
Asplenium L.
Papua New Guinea
Asplenium L.
Sri Lanka
Asplenium L.
Tonga
Asplenium L.
United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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Etymology
From the Greek a (without) and splen (spleen), a reference to the supposed medicinal properties of these plants in reducing an enlarged spleen.

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cc6d7707-d636-4783-a389-5baf3b211071
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 March 2018
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