Native records: 2 botanical areas
Marquesas, Society Is.
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An epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to French Polynesia.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
French Polynesia
- MarquesasNative
- Society Is.Native
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.
- Af Tropical, rainforest
The same climate occurs in 40 areas worldwide, 38 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).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Asplenium caudatum is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.676, right column, line 29
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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Other names
Speenwort、speenwort
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
Other species in Asplenium
- Asplenium carnarvonense
- Asplenium carolinae
- Asplenium carruthersii
- Asplenium carvalhoanum
- Asplenium castaneovirideHybrid spleenwort
- Asplenium castaneumcastaneous spleenwort
- Asplenium ceii
- Asplenium celtibericum
- Asplenium centifoliumSpleenwort
- Asplenium centrafricanum
- Asplenium centrifugale
- Asplenium cesatianum
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
French Polynesia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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