Native records: 9 botanical areas
Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, 6 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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A perennial / epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to India, China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar and elsewhere.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Bangladesh
- BangladeshNative
Bhutan
- East HimalayaNative
China
- China South-CentralNative
- TibetNative
India
- AssamNative
- East HimalayaNative
- IndiaNative
Lao People's Democratic Republic
- LaosNative
Myanmar
- MyanmarNative
Thailand
- ThailandNative
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.
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- ET Polar, tundra
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- Dwc Cold, dry winter, cold summer
- Dwb Cold, dry winter, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 161 areas worldwide, 152 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 shuttleworthianumShuttleworth's Spleenwort
- Asplenium siamense
- Asplenium sikkimbirii
- Asplenium simaoense
- Asplenium simiiSim's Spleenwort
- Asplenium simile
- Asplenium simplicifolium
- Asplenium simplicifronsNarrow-leaf bird's-nest fern
- Asplenium smedsii
- Asplenium soleirolioides
- Asplenium solmsii
- Asplenium speluncae
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Bangladesh · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Bhutan · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
China · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
India · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Lao People's Democratic Republic · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Myanmar · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Thailand · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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