Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech.

culantrillo, egyptian spleenwort

Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.
Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Aspleniaceae

Genus
Asplenium

Species
aethiopicum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: Asplenium praemorsum Sw. In Robinson (1902) as Asplenium furcatum.

Taxon origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
  • Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Quintana, M.C. (2010) Wild plants in the dry valleys around Quito-Ecuador. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, PUCE. Quito-Ecuador, 266 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Asplenium aethiopicum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=35. Accessed 30 May 2024.