Asplenium
Rhizome short, erect or creeping, clad in latticed scales. Fronds tufted. Lamina simple, pinnate or further divided; primary rachises usually shallowly grooved, the centre of which may be raised in larger plants; pinnae bases thickened at edge, decurrent on margins of rachis groove; veins free or anastomosing near margin, midribs and veins usually raised on upper surface. Sori oblong to linear, along veinlets; indusium oblong to linear, membranous, or absent.
About 700 species widespread throughout the world; 36 occurring in Australia (12 endemic), 9 in Victoria.
The generic concept presented here now includes Pleurosorus. For further discussion see profile for Asplenium subglandulosum.
Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Ferns and allied plants (Psilophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Polypodiophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 13–111. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
SpinningSynonyms
Ohlsen, D.J. (2020). Asplenium. In: Kodela, P.G., Flora of Australia, pp. –. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
