Native records: 6 botanical areas
Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, 3 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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An epiphyte. Native to Chile, Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Argentina
- Argentina NortheastNative
- Argentina SouthNative
Chile
- Chile CentralNative
- Chile SouthNative
- Juan Fernández Is.Native
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Falkland 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.
- Csb Temperate, dry summer, warm summer
- Cfc Temperate, no dry season, cold summer
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- ET Polar, tundra
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- BWk Arid, desert, cold
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 103 areas worldwide, 97 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).
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
Other species in Asplenium
- Asplenium cymbifolium
- Asplenium cyrtosorum
- Asplenium daghestanicumDagestan spleenwort
- Asplenium dalhousieaeCountess Dalhousie's spleenwort
- Asplenium danxiaense
- Asplenium darainaense
- Asplenium daucifoliumMauritius spleenwort
- Asplenium davisii
- Asplenium dayi
- Asplenium decaryanum
- Asplenium decrescens
- Asplenium decurrensSpleenwort Family
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Argentina · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Chile · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source