Asplenium L.
(spleenworts)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum s.l.
black spleenworts
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species aggregate 1 subtaxa 6 images
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum x A. scolopendrium (Asplenium x jacksonii)
Jackson’s spleenwort
Species hybrid 1 ident. refs
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum x obovatum = A. x sarniense
a hybrid spleenwort
Species hybrid 1 ident. refs
Asplenium marinum
Sea Spleenwort
(Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Wall-rue
(Click to open)
 		Species 24 images
Asplenium septentrionale
Forked Spleenwort
Species 1 ident. refs
Asplenium trichomanes
Maidenhair Spleenwort
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 24 images
Asplenium viride
Green Spleenwort
(Click to open)
 		Species 20 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAsplenium (spleenworts)
FamilyASPLENIACEAE (spleenworts)
OrderPOLYPODIALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Jermy, A.C., Rumsey, F.J. & Vogel, J.C. Asplenium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Asplenium (spleenworts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asplenium (spleenworts)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Asplenium (spleenworts)
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