Native records: 7 botanical areas
Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., 4 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 of wet tropical climates. Native to New Zealand, French Polynesia.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
French Polynesia
- MarquesasNative
- Tubuai Is.Native
New Zealand
- Antipodean Is.Native
- Chatham Is.Native
- Kermadec Is.Native
- 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.
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- ET Polar, tundra
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Cfc Temperate, no dry season, cold summer
The same climate occurs in 112 areas worldwide, 105 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 normaloides
- Asplenium novae-caledoniae
- Asplenium novoguineense
- Asplenium nutans
- Asplenium obesum
- Asplenium oblongatum
- Asplenium obovatumLanceolate Spleenwort
- Asplenium obtusatum
- Asplenium ocoenserockledge spleenwort
- Asplenium octoploideumCanarian Spleenwort
- Asplenium oellgaardii
- Asplenium oldhamii
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
New Zealand · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
French Polynesia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source