Asplenium obtusatum
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| Asplenium obtusatum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. obtusatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst. | |
Asplenium obtusatum, the shore spleenwort or paranako, is a species of spleenwort found in New Zealand and other Pacific isles.[1][2]
Shore spleenworts grow up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) high and the same across. They are evergreen plants with plump fronds and bulky rhizomes that often protrude above-ground as a woody lump.[3][4] Spleenworts have elongated, rather than circular, sori;[5] those of Asplenium obtustatum grow to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long.[3]
