CHR 465253 – Asplenium decurrens Willd.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 465253
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
08 October 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Asplenium decurrens Willd.
Determiner:
PA Greer
Identification date:
2025-10 (Verbatim: Oct 2025)
Preferred name:
Asplenium decurrens Willd.
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Filicopsida
Family:
Aspleniaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following: Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2018) In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora NZ— Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 18. and https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17042110-1
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Asplenium northlandicum
Determiner:
Leon Perrie
Identification date:
2016-06-10 (Verbatim: 10 June 2016)
Preferred name:
Asplenium decurrens Willd.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Spore exine 42 × 27.9 µm
Identification
Determined name:
Asplenium obtusatum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1982-06 (Verbatim: JUN-1982)
Preferred name:
Asplenium obtusatum G.Forst.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rapa Nui, Easter Island
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
27.116312 S 109.356637 W (WGS84 -27.116312 -109.356637)
Verbatim locality:
Easter Island
Verbatim collector:
J. Hovell 101
Standardised collector:
J. Hovell
Verbatim date:
AUG-1979
Start date:
1979-08
Country:
Chile
Habitat:
Found all the way round the shore, right down on the rocks with salt spray breaking over it.
Notes:
This is by far the most common fern on the island.
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