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Asplenium altajense (Kom.) Grubov

Altaian spleenwort

Native records: 11 botanical areas

Altay, Buryatiya, China South-Central, 8 more areas

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Asplenium altajense

A perennial of temperate climates. Native to Russia, China, Bhutan, India, Mongolia.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Bhutan

    • East HimalayaNative

  • China

    • China South-CentralNative
    • Inner MongoliaNative
    • XinjiangNative

  • India

    • East HimalayaNative

  • Mongolia

    • MongoliaNative

  • Russian Federation

    • AltayNative
    • BuryatiyaNative
    • ChitaNative
    • IrkutskNative
    • KrasnoyarskNative
    • TuvaNative

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

  • Dwc Cold, dry winter, cold summer
  • Dfc Cold, no dry season, cold summer
  • Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
  • BWk Arid, desert, cold
  • Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
  • BSk Arid, steppe, cold
  • Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
  • Dwb Cold, dry winter, warm summer
  • ET Polar, tundra
  • Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer

The same climate occurs in 140 areas worldwide, 129 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Other names

Altaian spleenwort

Family
Aspleniaceae
Genus
Asplenium

Other species in Asplenium

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Bhutan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Mongolia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Russian Federation · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

Image information

  • Photograph of Asplenium altajense

    Кристина Медведева · CC BY 4.0 · File page