''Asplenium daucifolium'' (common name Mauritius spleenwort) is a species of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
in the family
Aspleniaceae
The Aspleniaceae (spleenworts) are a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales. The composition and classification of the family have been subject to considerable changes. In particular, there is a narrow circumscription, Aspleniaceae ...
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the
Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Their na ...
.
Taxonomy
A global phylogeny of ''Asplenium'' published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades, which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. ''A. daucifolium'' belongs to the "''Neottopteris'' clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. It formed a clade with ''
A. mauritiensis''.
References
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* Encycl. 2:310. 1786
* Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
* Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
daucifolium
Flora of Mauritius
Plants described in 1786
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