Asplenium centrifugale Baker (1889:360)

Christmas Island spleenwort

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Baker described a South American species (contra Hassler, 2004-2023) as Asplenium centrifugale, in 1874, but illegally later (1889) described a new species from Christmas Island using the same binomial. As the latter is a junior homonym, the later (1905) validly published name for the Christmas Island taxon is A. listeri.

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of A. listeri) (Du Puy, 1993:557; Hassler, 2004-2023).

Distribution

Christmas Island, Australia (Du Puy, 1993:557; contra Hassler, 2004-2023)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Baker, John Gilbert. (1889). Filices, pp. 360-361. In: Hemsley, W. Botting. Report on the botanical collections from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, made by Captain J. P. Maclear, Mr. J. J. Lister, and the Officers of H.M.S. 'Egeria.'. The Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 25: 351-362.

Other references:

Du Puy, D. J. (1993). 109. Aspleniaceae, pp. 554-558 [557-558]. In: George, Alexander S. and Orchard, Anthony E. and Hewson, H. J. (eds.). Flora of Australia Volume 50, Oceanic Islands 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. xxvi + 606 pp.

Gepp, A. (1900). Ferns, pp. 194-196. In: Andrews, Charles W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Physical Features and Geology, with Descriptions of the Fauan and Flora by Numerous Contributors. London: British Museum (Natural History). xiii+[i]+337 pp., 21 pls. [p. 194]

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 18th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 21 October 2023]

Ohlsen, Daniel J., Perrie, Leon R., Shepherd, Lara D. and Bayly, Michael J. (2015). Taxonomic status and distribution of the critically endangered Christmas Island spleenwort (Asplenium listeri, Aspleniaceae): it is not as rare as we thought. Australian Systematic Botany 27(6): 372-377. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB14047

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp. ["Ex/E"]

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