Aspleniaceae

Asplenium ceterach L.

Also mentioned in the literature as also mentioned as Ceterach officinarum and Ceterach ceterach. (?)

Geographic distribution (?)

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Confirmed occurrences (?): Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Djibouti, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Ecology

Found in the biomes (?): MB, MC, TS, MS, FS, MG, MF, DX

Found in the Köppen-Geiger climatic zones (?): BSk, Csa, Csb, Cfb, Dfc, BSh, Cfa, BWk, BWh, Dfb, Dsc, Cwb

Distribution across environmental gradients (?):

Elevation

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BIO1 (annual mean temperature)

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BIO4 (temperature seasonality)

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BIO12 (annual precipitation)

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BIO15 (precipitation seasonality)

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Conservation

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025-2 (?): Not assessed

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1 (?): Not assessed

Data collection gaps

Botanical countries lacking appropriate occurrence records (?): Algeria, Djibouti, Iran, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Sinai, Sweden, Tibet, West Himalaya

References

Oliver, MJ, Tuba, Z & Mishler, BD. 2000. The evolution of vegetative desiccation tolerance in land plants. Plant Ecology. 151(1):85–100. doi.org/10.1023/A:1026550808557.

Useful links

Source distribution information: powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17040860-1

Source occurrence data: doi.org/10.15468/dl.k7vbgr

Source IUCN conservation status: x