''Asplenium oblongifolium'' is a native species of fern from New Zealand. The plant's common name is shining spleenwort and its Māori name is huruhuruwhenua. ''A. oblongifolium'' is found on the North,

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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. oblongifolium'' belongs to the "''Neottopteris'' clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. It formed a clade with '' A. northlandicum'', '' A. obliquum'', and '' A. obtusatum''.

References

* oblongifolium Ferns of New Zealand Taxa named by William Colenso Plants described in 1845 {{Polypodiales-stub