Asplenium polyodon

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

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

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Plant  information

Common name:         Sickle Spleenwort

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

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

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Habit:        

• Fern

Habitat:   

• Forests

Distribution:                  

• Parts of the countries of Australia and New Zealand

• A specific locale of occurrence is in forested areas of Westland, New Zealand, where associate understory species include crown fern

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Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_polyodon (Jan 2024)