Asplenium milnei
Asplenium milnei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Aspleniaceae |
Genus: | Asplenium |
Species: | A. milnei |
Binomial name | |
Asplenium milnei | |
Synonyms | |
Asplenium lucidum G.Forst. |
Asplenium milnei is a ground fern only found on Lord Howe Island. Commonly seen in lowland areas.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]A global phylogeny of Asplenium published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades,[2] which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. A. milnei belongs to the "Neottopteris clade",[3] members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. It forms a clade with A. pteridoides and A. surrogatum, two other Lord Howe Island endemics, suggesting that all three species diverged after a single colonization of the island by their ancestor.[4] This clade is sister to a large group of Pacific Ocean spleenworts.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asplenium milnei". PlantNET – NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 27.
- ^ a b Xu et al. 2020, p. 31.
- ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 41.
- Xu, Ke-Wang; Zhang, Liang; Rothfels, Carl J.; Smith, Alan R.; Viane, Ronald; Lorence, David; Wood, Kenneth R.; Cheng, Cheng-Wei; Knapp, Ralf; Zhou, Lin; Lu, Ngan Thi; Zhou, Xin-Mao; Wei, Hong-Jin; Fan, Qiang; Chen, Su-Fang; Cicuzza, Daniele; Gao, Xin-Fen; Li, Wen-Bo; Zhang, Li-Bing (2020). "A global plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae)". Cladistics. 36 (1): 22–71. doi:10.1111/cla.12384. PMID 34618950. S2CID 201197385.