Asplenium platyneuron(L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

ebony spleenwort

WFO wfo-0001110406 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–g

Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Micki Colbeck
fig. a Micki Colbeck, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-09 / obs. 204735314
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Cazody
fig. b Cazody, CC0 1.0 / obs. 205655559
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. c Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204617090
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by jyoung2399
fig. d jyoung2399, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202062970
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. e Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201300067
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Larry Jensen
fig. f Larry Jensen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202578447
Asplenium platyneuron, photographed by Gordon C. Snelling
fig. g Gordon C. Snelling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201837425

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 38 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.

  • Acrostichum platyneuron L.
  • Asplenium ebeneum Aiton
  • Asplenium ebeneum f. furcatum Clute
  • Asplenium ebeneum f. hortonae (Davenp.) Clute
  • Asplenium ebeneum f. proliferum (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton
  • Asplenium ebeneum f. serratum (A.Gray ex E.S.Mill.) Clute
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. bacculum-rubrum Featherm.
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. hortonae Davenp.
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. incisum Howe ex Peck
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. minus Hook.
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. proliferum D.C.Eaton
  • Asplenium ebeneum var. serratum A.Gray ex E.S.Mill.
  • Asplenium platyneuron (L.) Oakes
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. dissectum J.E.Benedict
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. furcatum Clute
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. hortonae L.B.Sm.
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. hortonae (Davenp.) L.B.Sm.
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. incisum (Howe ex Peck) Blomq. & Correll
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. multifidum Tetrik
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. platyneuron
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. proliferum Tanger
  • Asplenium platyneuron f. serratum (E.S.Mill.) Ralph Hoffm.
  • Asplenium platyneuron var. euroaustrinum Fernald
  • Asplenium platyneuron var. hortonae (Davenp.) Wherry

and 14 more.

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.

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