Asplenium milnei

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Phylogeny & links to associated information

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

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Etymology:   

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

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• A ground fern 

Habitat:   

• Commonly seen in lowland areas

Distribution:                  

•  Only found on Lord Howe Island

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • A global phylogeny of Asplenium published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades, which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study

  • A. milnei belongs to the "Neottopteris clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue

  • It forms a clade with A. pteridoides and A. surrogatum, two other Lord Howe Island endemics, suggesting that all three species diverged after a single colonization of the island by their ancestor

  • This clade is sister to a large group of Pacific Ocean spleenworts

Sources of information:

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