Asplenium milnei

Asplenium milnei
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

  1. ^ "Asplenium milnei". PlantNET – NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 27.
  3. ^ a b Xu et al. 2020, p. 31.
  4. ^ Xu et al. 2020, p. 41.


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