Asplenium goudeyi

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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

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Plant  information

Common name:               ...  

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Etymology:   

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

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Spores:                  

Leaves:         

• The wavy edged fronds are 50 to 75 cm long, and 12 to 18 cm wide

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Habit:        

• A fern 

Habitat:   

• On trees, or rocks, boulders, cliff faces and sometimes in exposed position

Distribution:                  

• Only found on Lord Howe Island

• A common plant growing in a variety of situations

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • This plant was described in 1996.

  • A global phylogeny of Asplenium published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades, which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. A. goudeyi belongs to the "Neottopteris clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue

  • While the subclades of this group are poorly resolved, several of them share a characteristic "bird's-nest fern" morphology with entire leaves and fused veins near the margin

  • A. goudeyi forms a clade with the morphologically similar A. nidus sensu lato and A. australasicum,

  • Other bird's-nest ferns such as A. antiquum and A. phyllitidis form a separate subclade which is not particularly closely related

Sources of information:

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