Asplenium hemionitis
Species of fern
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Asplenium hemionitis is a species of fern native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa and mainland Portugal. It inhabits humid woods and other shady areas, sometimes in uncovered slopes subject to high ocean humidity.[2][3]
| Asplenium hemionitis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. hemionitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium hemionitis | |
Two subspecies are accepted.[4]
- Asplenium hemionitis var. hemionitis – Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, Morocco, and Portugal
- Asplenium hemionitis var. longilobatum G.Kunkel – Canary Islands (La Gomera)
Linnaeus was the first to describe the species with the binomial Asplenium hemionitis in his Species Plantarum of 1753.[5]