| Scientific Name | Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. | Higher Classification | Ferns | Family | ASPLENIACEAE | Synonyms | Asplenium concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn, Asplenium concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn var. schimperi (Hook.) Kuhn, Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. subsp. concinnum (Schrad.) Bonap., Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. var. concinnum (Schrad.) Schelpe, Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. var. schimperi (Hook.) Pic.Serm., Asplenium theciferum in sense of Sim, not of (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. (misapplied name), Davallia campyloptera Kunze, Davallia concinna Schrad., Davallia schimperi Hook., Davallia thecifera Kunth, Loxoscaphe concinna (Schrad.) T.Moore, Loxoscaphe theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) T.Moore, Loxoscaphe theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) T.Moore subsp. concinnum (Schrad.) Pic.Serm., Loxoscaphe theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) T.Moore var. concinnum (Schrad.) Kuhn as 'concinna' | Common Names | Carrot Fern (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2011/05/12 | Assessor(s) | W. Foden & L. Potter | Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape | Range | Mpumalanga and Limpopo Drakensberg Escarpment to the southern Cape. Widespread across eastern southern Africa and tropical Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Terrestrial | Major habitats | Forest | Description | Epiphyte or lithophyte in forests. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
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Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asplenium theciferum (Kunth) Mett. var. concinnum (Schrad.) Schelpe | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography | Burrows, J.E. 1990. Southern African ferns and fern allies. Frandsen Publishers, Sandton.
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. 2001. Conspectus of southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Network Report 13:1-223. SABONET, Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation | | Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2011. Asplenium theciferum (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Mett. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/18 |
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