Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

Asplenium nidus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1079 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Malesia to N. & NE. Queensland. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera

Introduced into:

Bangladesh

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Loc, P.K. & al. (2019). A checklist of pteridophytes collected on Cham Chu mountains and adjacent sites. Journal of Biology. Hanoi, Vietnam 41: 75-89.
  • Meyer, J.-Y. (2017). Guide des plantes de Wallis et Futuna: 1-486. Au vent des iles, editions, Tahiti.
  • Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.
  • Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.
  • Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Herrera, K., Lorence, D.H., Flynn, T. & Balick, M.J. (2010). Checklist of the Vascular plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with local names and uses. Allertonia 10: 1-204.
  • Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.
  • Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 1: 1-897. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Johns, Pterid. trop. East Africa checklist: 66 (1991).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 1079 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 18, 2016 Johns, R..J. [12645] Papua New Guinea K000608142 No
Oct 18, 2016 Johns, R..J. [12645] Papua New Guinea K000608143 No
Jul 11, 1994 Edwards, P.J. [3634] Malaysia K:SPC-66254.000 No
Veitch, J.G. [s.n.] Samoa K001092534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 198] Burma K001109520 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braithwaite [2002] Vanuatu K001567666 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 198] K001109526 Unknown Type Material Yes
Braithwaite [2338] Vanuatu K001553825 Yes
Braithwaite [2031] Vanuatu K001553823 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 198] Malaysia K001109519 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 198] K001109522 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 198] India K001109525 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 198] K001109521 Unknown Type Material Yes
Powell, T. [s.n.] Samoa K000655868 Holotype Yes
Richards, H.M. [18177] Tanzania K001639812 Yes
Braithwaite [2030] Vanuatu K001567667 Yes
Braithwaite [2571] Vanuatu K001553824 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 198] K001109523 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns, R.J. [11042] Papua New Guinea K000607991 No
Takeuchi, W.; et. al. [17490] Papua New Guinea K000608164 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 198] Nepal K001109518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 198] Nepal K001109527 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 198] India K001109524 Unknown Type Material Yes
Powell, T. [240] Samoa K000655867 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images