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Asplenium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 1078 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000003342.

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Synonyms of Asplenium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ceterach Lam. & DC. Fl. Franc. [de Candolle & Lamarck], ed. 3. 2: 566 (1805) wfo-1000071317
Micropodium Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 185 (1828) wfo-1000071352
Trichomanes Bubani Fl. Pyren. (Bubani) 4: 424 wfo-1000071386
Asplenium subg. Phyllitopsis (Reichstein) Jermy & Viane Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 109(3): 322 (1992) wfo-3500000662
Asplenium subg. Asplenoceterach (D.E.Mey.) Rosselló, Mus, Salvo & N.Torres Candollea 45(1): 80 (1990) wfo-3500003508
Acropteris Link Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 55 (1833) wfo-4000000446
Amesium Newman Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2 10 (1844) wfo-4000001590
Antigramma C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 120 (1836) wfo-4000002488
Asplenidictyum J.Sm. Icon. Pl. 10: t.937 (1854) wfo-4000003339
Asplenophyllitis Alston Proc. Linn. Soc. London 152: 139 (1940) wfo-4000003356
Asplenosorus Wherry Amer. Fern J. 27: 56 (1937) wfo-4000003357
Biropteris Kümmerle Magyar Bot. Lapok 19: 2 (1922) wfo-4000004664
Boniniella Hayata Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 709 (1927) wfo-4000004974
Caenopteris P.J.Bergius Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 1782(2): 249 (1786) wfo-4000005906
Camptosorus Link Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 69 (1833) wfo-4000006433
Ceterach Willd. Anleit. Selbststud. Bot. 578. 1804 wfo-4000007453
Ceterachopsis (J.Sm.) Ching Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 8 (1940) wfo-4000007457
Ceterophyllitis Pic.Serm. Webbia 34(1): 208 (1979) wfo-4000007458
Chamaefilix Hill ex Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 239, 268 (1931) wfo-4000007593
Darea Juss. Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 15 (1789) wfo-4000010777
Diellia Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 217 (1854) wfo-4000011669
Diplora Baker J. Bot. 11: 235 (1873) wfo-4000012026
Eremopodium Trevisan Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti 5(3): 589 (1877) wfo-4000013733
Holodictyum Maxon Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 481 (1908) wfo-4000018085
Loxoscaphe Moore Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 227 (1853) wfo-4000022349
Micropodium Mett. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 232 (1866) wfo-4000024183
Myriotheca Comm. ex Juss. Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 15, 447 (1789) wfo-4000025150
Neottopteris J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 409 (1841) wfo-4000025879
Notolepeum Newman Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2 9 (1844) wfo-4000026326
Phyllitis Hill Brit. Herb. : 525 (1757) wfo-4000029403
Phyllitopsis Reichst. Bot. Helv. 91: 107 (1981) wfo-4000029404
Pleurosorus Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 179 (1852) wfo-4000030365
Schaffneria Fée ex T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 1: liii (1857) wfo-4000034281
Scolopendrium Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 20, 602 (1763) wfo-4000034787
Sinephropteris Mickel Brittonia 28(3): 326 (1976) wfo-4000035432
Stormesia Kickx f. Fl. Crypt. Louvain 8 (1835) wfo-4000036791
Tarachia C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 74 (1851) wfo-4000037578
Thamnopteris C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 68 (1851) wfo-4000038080
Triphlebia Baker Malesia 3: 41 (1886) wfo-4000039256
Ceterac Adans. Fam. Pl. (Adanson) 2: 20. 1763 wfo-4000043333
Cryptostigma A.Braun Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 80 (1856) wfo-4000043343
Glossopteris Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 262 (1819) wfo-4000043354
Onopteris Neck. Elem. Bot. (Necker) 3: 316 (1790) wfo-4000043396
Phyllitis Moench Methodus : 724 (1794) wfo-4000043406
Rutamuraria Ortega Tab. Bot. 31. 1773 wfo-4000043423
Trichomanes Hill Brit. Herb. (Hill) 527. 1757 wfo-4000043440
Cheilosorum J.Sm. Hist. Fil. 317 (1875) wfo-4100004353
Dareastrum Fée Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 190 (1852) wfo-4100004377
Hemionites J.Sm. Hist. Fil. 318 (1875) wfo-4100004421
Hemionitidastrum Fée Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 190 (1852) wfo-4100004422
Homatoneuron Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 354 (1847) wfo-4100004433
Lobium Keyserl. Polyp. Herb. Bunge 15 (1873) wfo-4100004459
Macrophyllidium Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 216 (1914) wfo-4100004471
Micrasplenium Keyserl. Polyp. Herb. Bunge 15 (1873) wfo-4100004486
Neottopteridastrum Fée Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 190 (1852) wfo-4100004496
Parasplenium Keyserl. Polyp. Herb. Bunge 15 (1873) wfo-4100004517

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Asplenium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium abscissum var. ruiziana Stolze Fieldiana, Bot. 32: 42. 1993 wfo-0001392690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium adiantoides var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): (1928) wfo-0001373325
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium adulterinum subsp. adulterinum wfo-1200108419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium alienum var. flagellum Jenman J. Bot. 19: 54 (1881) wfo-0001377302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium alternifrons Dillwyn Ref. Hort. Mal. 64. 1839 ; & Rheede 12 t. 16 wfo-0000151711
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium amblyodon Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 191 (1852) wfo-0000151784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium amoenum C.H.Wright Uganda Prot. (H.H.Johnston) 1: 326. 1902 ; (t. R. Bonaparte), & C. Chr. Ind. Suppl. 10 wfo-0000151830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium anagrammoides C.Chr. wfo-0001115840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium anceps Hook. & Grev. Icon. Filic. (1830–1831) wfo-1000080187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium angustifrons Mett.; Salom. Nomencl. Gefässkrypt. : 78 (1883) wfo-0000151970
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium anisophyllum var. sanguinolenta (Kuhn ex Mett.) Hieron. wfo-0001391311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium apicidentatum Moritz; Hombr. & Jacq. Voy. Pôle Sud Crypt. t.1, f.A. 1852 wfo-0000152090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium appendiculatum subsp. appendiculatum Linnaea 25 1853 [Dec 1853] wfo-0001425746
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium appendiculatum var. appendiculatum wfo-0001373334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium arboreum var. angustatum Kuhn Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24(1): 109 (1897) wfo-0001377310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium asplenoides D.C.Eaton Fl. South. U.S. 593 1860 wfo-0001110425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium attenuatum var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): (1928) wfo-0001373339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium auritum f. genuina Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(4): 465 (1904) wfo-0001321027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium auritum var. auritum wfo-0001113335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium auritum var. longicaudata Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(4): 466 (1904) wfo-0001377326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium australasicum f. australasicum wfo-0001327178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium benguetense Hieron. Hedwigia 60. 264. 1918. (1918) wfo-0001225798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium bianthemum Gilbert Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(5): 259 (1897) wfo-0000152926
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium bifolium L. Sp. Pl. : 1078 (1753) wfo-0000153001
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium bisectum f. laxa Hieron. Hedwigia 47: 228 (1908) wfo-0001120874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium biserratum C.Presl Delic. Prag. 1: 177 (1822) wfo-0000153124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brachyopterum T.Moore & Houlston Gard. Mag. Bot. 3. 260. 1852 (1852) wfo-0000153240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brachysorum R.Br.; Moore Ind. 117. 1859 , nomen wfo-0000153266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brasiliense f. genuina Hieron. Hedwigia 47: 225 (1908) wfo-0001321030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brevisorum (Wall. ex Hook.) T.Moore Index Fil. 117 1859 wfo-0001232862
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brisbaneense var. brisbaneense wfo-0001373345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium brisbaneense var. fissiloba Hieron. Hedwigia 60 1919 wfo-0001373346
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium campbellii Jenman Gard. Chron. , n.s., 24. 7. 1885 (1885) wfo-0000153490
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium capillare Christ Enum. Pl. Guatem. 6: 75 (1903) wfo-0000153548
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium centrovallense D.E.Mey. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 81: 102 1968 wfo-0001107216
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium chamissonianum C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 107. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000153755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium chocoensis Triana ex Mett. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 5, 2: 231 (1864) wfo-0000153814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium chondrophyllum Bertero ex Colla wfo-0001111419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium claphamii subsp. claphamii Unknown Publ. () wfo-1200012201
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium clermontae Syme wfo-0001120019
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium compactum Buch Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. 189. 1825 (nomen) (1825) wfo-0000153924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium confluens (Moore ex E.J.Lowe) Lawal. Fl. Gen. Belg. Pterid. 178. 1950 wfo-0000153985
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium confusum Kunze ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 807. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] , in syn. wfo-0000153995
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium contaminans Wall. Numer. List : n.° 2210 (1830) wfo-0000154014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium corbariense subsp. corbariense Unknown Publ. () wfo-1200012037
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium coriandrifolium C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 108. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000154084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium crenulatoserrulatum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 13: 26–27 1899 wfo-0001253999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium cultratum (C.Presl) Hook. Sp. Fil. 3: 247 (1860) wfo-0000154256
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium cultratum Roxb.; Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 2214. 1830 1829 , nomen wfo-0000154254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium decorum Hort. Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 49: 300. 1911 wfo-0000154453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium dentatum subsp. densum (Brack.) W.H.Wagner Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 22: 160 (1999): (1999) wfo-0001359282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium dentatum subsp. maderense Gibby & Lovis Fern Gaz. 13(5): 285 (1989) wfo-0001359180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium dentatum var. confluens Moore ex E.J.Lowe Our Native Ferns 2: 207, f.560. 1867 wfo-0001375017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium dentex R.Br. Phys. Beschr. Canar. Ins. [Buch] 189. 1825 wfo-0000154569
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium depressum Loud.; Kze. Linnaea 23: 233. 1850 (1850) wfo-0000154609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium diodon Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 195 (1852) wfo-0000154721
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium diversifolium Loudon Hortus Britannicus 1st Add. Suppl. 1832 wfo-0000154785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium divissimum Baker Syn. Fil. : 242 (1867) wfo-0000154794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium drueryii Anon. May Garden 45: 472. 1894 ; & Gard. Chr. III. 15. 665. 1894 wfo-0000154848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium duesenii Luerss. ex Bonap. Notes Pteridol. 14: 276 1923 wfo-0001111616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium ebenum Kuhn Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 19: 576 (1869) wfo-0000154898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium eburneum J.Sm. ex Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 238. 1859 [Sep 1859] ; =Farngatt. 6: 194 [Sep 1859] wfo-1200010576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium elongatum Mett.; Salom. Nomencl. Gefässkrypt. 85. 1883 [Jun 1883] wfo-0000154936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium erectum f. lagesiana Rosenst. Hedwigia 46: 98 (1906) wfo-0001321062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium erectum var. incisa Rosenst. Hedwigia 60: 238 1919 wfo-0001128684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium erectum var. plumosa Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 16 (1908) wfo-0001377380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium escragnollei var. haplophyllum Domin wfo-0001391765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium falcatum var. abbreviata Kunze wfo-0001396737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium fallax Dörfl. Herb. Norm. Sched. Cent. [Dörfler] nr. 3668. 1898 ; & Schedae Cent. 37. 233. 1898; Waisb. Mag. Bot. Lapok 1. 168, 173. 1902 wfo-0000155048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium fangii Ching Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. , n.s., 1: 276 (1949) wfo-0001122743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium fibrilliferum Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III. 2. 133. 1920. (1920) wfo-0000155082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina f. dentatum (Döll) Wirtg. wfo-1200102044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina f. fissidens (Döll) Wirtg. wfo-1200102046
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina f. multidentatum (Döll) Wirtg. wfo-1200102047
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina var. commune D.C.Eaton () wfo-0001396739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina var. dentatum Döll Rhein. Fl. 12 (1843) wfo-1200112561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina var. multidentatum Döll Rhein. Fl. 12 (1843) wfo-1200112562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina var. sieboldii Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(suppl.): 25 (1867) wfo-0001380836
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-femina var. sitchense Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 519 1853 wfo-0001110191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium filix-mas Schrad. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 38 1802 wfo-0001110198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium flaccidum subsp. flaccidum wfo-0001359025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium flavelifolium Cav. Descr. Pl. (Cavanilles) 257. 1802 wfo-0000155121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium flavelifolium f. flavelifolium wfo-0001327180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium flavelifolium var. flavelifolium wfo-0001373404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium foresiense Legrand Statistique du Forez 252 1873 wfo-0001115212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium foreziense Magnier Flora selecta exsiccata (1884) wfo-1000080188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium forisiense var. majus Sudre Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 12: 30. 1894 wfo-1200029744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium fragrans var. moritziana Mett. wfo-0001391476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium fuliginosum f. acrocarpa (Rosenst.) C.Chr. Brittonia 2(4): 290. 1937 [Jun 1937] wfo-1200010848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium gemmiferum var. laciniatum Mett. ex Kuhn Filic. Afr. [Kuhn] 103 (1868) wfo-1200110622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium germanicum Weis wfo-0001115848
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium gilpinae Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 200. 1877 [1878 publ. 1877] wfo-0001108095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium gongylodes Schkuhr Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 193, t. 133 1809 wfo-0001252728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium gourlieanum T.Moore Index Fil. : 135 (1859) wfo-0000155506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium grammitis Mett. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 3(1): 225 (1859) wfo-0000155543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium grandidentatum Goodding Muhlenbergia 8. 92. 1912 (1912) wfo-0000158225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium grashoffli Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 215 (1914) wfo-0000155561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium hagenbeckii Hieron. Hedwigia 60: 252 (-254) (1918) wfo-0001225794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium harpeodes var. major Hieron. , 297 wfo-0001397927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Asplenium harpeodes var. trichomanoides Christ Z. Deutsch. Verein Wiss. Kunst Sao Paulo 1: 54. 1920 wfo-0001377406