Native records: 8 botanical areas
New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, 5 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 Australia, New Zealand.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Australia
- New South WalesNative
- QueenslandNative
- South AustraliaNative
- TasmaniaNative
- VictoriaNative
- Western AustraliaNative
New Zealand
- New Zealand NorthNative
- New Zealand SouthNative
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.
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- ET Polar, tundra
The same climate occurs in 181 areas worldwide, 173 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 flabellifolium is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.676, right column, line 47
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
Other species in Asplenium
- Asplenium fibrillosum
- Asplenium filaroides
- Asplenium filiceps
- Asplenium filidens
- Asplenium finlaysonianum
- Asplenium fissum
- Asplenium flabellulatumLatin American spleenwort
- Asplenium flaccidumMakawe O Raukatauri
- Asplenium fontanumFountain Spleenwort
- Asplenium forisiense
- Asplenium formosaeshowy spleenwort
- Asplenium formosumShowy Spleenwort
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
New Zealand · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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