Asplenium scolopendrium L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Hart’s-tongue
- 🇫🇷 Doradille scolopendre, Scolopendre, Scolopendre officinale, Langue-de-cerf
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Monilophytes
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Subclass: Polypodiidae
- Order: Polypodiales
- Suborder: Aspleniineae
- Family: Aspleniaceae
- Genus: Asplenium
- Species: Asplenium scolopendrium
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- A. scolopendrium subsp. americanum (Fernald) N.Heo, 2023: tetraploid (2n = 144);
- A. scolopendrium subsp. antri-jovis (Kümmerle) Brownsey & Jermy, 1973;
- A. scolopendrium subsp. japonicum (Kom.) Rasbach, Reichst. & Viane, 1991: tetraploid (2n = 144);
- A. scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium L., 1753: diploid (2n = 72), P.
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Sources
Badré, F., & Deschatres, R. (1979). Les Ptéridophytes de la France : liste commentée des espèces (taxinomie, cytologie, écologie et répartition générale). Candollea, 34(2), 379-457. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-880127
Christenhusz, M., Bento Elias, R., Dyer, R., Ivanenko, Y., Rouhan, G., Rumsey, F., & Väre, H. (2017). Asplenium scolopendrium (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/83504456/83506952
Heo, N., Yun, S., & Fernando, D.D. (2023). Molecular phylogenetic assessment of three major taxa in the Asplenium scolopendrium complex (Aspleniaceae). Taxon, 72(2), 245-260. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12890
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