Taxon:
Asplenium nidus L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1079. 1753
Verified:
04/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
- Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Khan, S. et al. 2008. In vitro propagation of bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus) from spores. Pakistan J. Bot. 40:91-97. URL: http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/pjhtmls/contents.html
- León, B. et al. 2012. Los helechos ornamentales en el Perú (The ornamental ferns of Peru) Note: Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima. Peru, and Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Mickel, J. T. & A. R. Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88:1-1054. Note: mentions
- Murakami, N. et al. 1999. Molecular taxonomic study and revision of the three Japanese species of Asplenium sect. Thamnopteris. J. Pl. Res. 112:15-25. Note: this study clarify species limits in the section; morphological characters separate Asplenium nidus from A. australasicum and A. antiquum
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Yatabe, Y. et al. 2009. Patterns of hybrid formation among cryptic species of bird-nest fern, Asplenium nidus complex (Aspleniaceae), in West Malesia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 160:42-63.
Common names
English
bird's-nest fern – nest fern – Swedish
fågelbobräken –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | incl. Pemba, Zanzibar |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Maldives | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Jawa | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatera | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar)
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Maldives
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera], Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (n.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | (see also under Asplenium australasicum) | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |