Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Asplenium praemorsum Sw.

helecho

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Aspleniaceae

Genus
Asplenium

Species
praemorsum

Taxon category: Accepted

Erroneously synonymized as Asplenium aethiopicum (Burm. f.) Bech.; In Robinson (1902) as Asplenium furcatum, but reidentified by Wiggins and Porter (1971) as Asplenium praemorsum Sw.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: The native range of this species is Hawaiian Islands, Mexico to Tropical America, including Galápagos (POWO, 2024).

References

  • GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
  • Hassler, M. (2022) World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Hassler, M. (2022). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 12.11; last update March 7th, 2022. www.worldplants.de/ferns/.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Jäger, H. Tye, A., Kowarik, I. (2007) Tree invasion in naturally treeless environments: Impacts of quinine (Cinchona pubescens) trees on native vegetation in Galápagos Institute of Ecology, Department of Ecosystem Sciences and Plant Ecology, Technical University Berlin, Rothenburgstr. 12, 12165 Berlin, Germany.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (1987) Los Helechos como indicadores de tipos de vegetación en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.88-103
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Asplenium praemorsum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10000. Accessed 31 October 2026.