Asplenium anisophyllumKunze

WFO wfo-0001108049 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. a Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-05-15 / obs. 130484519
Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. b Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130484565
Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. c Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130484615
Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. d Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130484657
Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. e Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130484703
Asplenium anisophyllum, photographed by Noeleen du Toit
fig. f Noeleen du Toit, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 130484752

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Asplenium anisophyllum is native: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe AngolaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSierra LeoneTanzaniaUgandaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Asplenium anisophyllum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Sierra Leone SIE
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Asplenium anisophyllum var. acuminatum C.Chr.
  • Asplenium anisophyllum var. elongatum Mett. ex Kunze
  • Asplenium anisophyllum var. microphyllum Kuhn
  • Asplenium geppii Carruth.
  • Asplenium subauriculatum Hieron.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.