Asplenium oblongifolium

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Asplenium oblongifolium
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. oblongifolium
Binomial name
Asplenium oblongifolium

Asplenium oblongifolium is a native species of fern from New Zealand. The plant's common name is shining spleenwort and its Māori name is huruhuruwhenua.[1] A. oblongifolium is found on the North, South, Chatham and Kermadec Islands, and is found from the coast to the mountains.[2]

Taxonomy[]

A global phylogeny of Asplenium published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades,[3] which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. A. oblongifolium belongs to the "Neottopteris clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. It formed a clade with , , and .[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Common plant names for Māori Language Week". blog.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  2. ^ "Asplenium oblongifolium". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 27.
  4. ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 31.


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