Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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A. adiantum-nigrum
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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum is a common species of fern known by the common name black spleenwort.[3] It is found mostly in Africa, Europe, and Eurasia, but is also native to a few locales in Mexico and the United States.[3][4]
Description
This spleenwort has thick, triangular leaf blades up to 10 centimeters long which are divided into several subdivided segments. It is borne on a reddish green petiole and the rachis is shiny and slightly hairy. The undersides of each leaf segment have one or more sori[4] arranged in chains.[5]
Native distribution
- Asplenium adiantum-nigrum is native to:
- Africa
- Northern and Southern Africa in: - Algeria; Lesotho; Morocco; the provinces of South Africa including Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, and Western Cape; and Tunisia.
- Asia
- Western Asia and Central Asia in - the Caucasus; Azerbaijan; Cyprus; the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt; Kyrgyzstan; Ciscaucasia and Dagestan in Russia; and Turkey.
- Europe
- Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France (including Corsica); Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy (including Sardinia); the Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal, Romania; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine (including Krym); the United Kingdom; and in the Balkan Peninsula (former Yugoslavia)
- Macaronesia
- Macaronesian archipelagoes of: the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands.
- North America
- Oceania
In Hawaii, this native fern grows on cinder cones and lava flows,[6] and it is present in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.[5]
References
- ↑ Asplenium adiantum-nigrum was originally described and published in Species Plantarum 2: 1081. 1753. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. Flora of North America.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Esser, Lora L. 1994. Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
- ↑ Asplenium adiantum-nigrum. The Nature Conservancy.
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- Asplenium
- Plants described in 1753
- Pteridophyta of Asia
- Pteridophyta of Africa
- Pteridophyta of Europe
- Native ferns of Hawaii
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
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