Asplenium flabellifolium

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniineae >  Aspleniaceae > Asplenium flabellifolium

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Plant  information

Common name:         Necklace Fern  

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• From New Latin asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock

•  Flabellifolium is Latin for 'with fan-shaped leaves'

Spores:                            

Leaves:         

• The fronds are 10 to 20 cm long

• 5 to 20 pairs of pinnae, often fan-shaped or sometimes lanceolate

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A small fern usually on the ground

• Sometimes epiphytic

Habitat:   

• Open forest or rainforest

• Often seen in rock crevices, caves, on fallen logs and tree trunks, beside streams, or near cliffs, or waterfalls

Distribution:                  

• In all states of Australia

• Also NZ

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • It was initially described by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_flabellifolium (2023)