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Scientific Name | Asplenium capense (Kunze) Bir, Fraser-Jenk. & Lovis |
Higher Classification | Ferns |
Family | ASPLENIACEAE |
Synonyms | Ceterach capense Kunze, Ceterach cordatum (Thunb.) Desv. var. capense (Spreng. ex Kaulf.) Hieron. ex Kümmerle, Grammitis capensis (Kunze) T.Moore, Grammitis cordata (Thunb.) Sw. var. pinnata Hook., Gymnogramma capensis Spreng. ex Kaulf. |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2011/01/01 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Widespread and not threatened. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape |
Range | Widespread across South Africa, from Citrusdal to the Cape Peninsula, and eastwards along the south coast, through the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern Free State to Mpumalanga and Limpopo. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Albany Thicket, Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Savanna |
Description | Forests, riverine bush, woodlands, and among rocks in grassland. |
Threats |
| No severe threats. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Notes |
| The genus is under revision. Asplenium capense is one of a number of taxa currently included under the species complex Asplenium cordatum. The distribution range given here is a provisional idea of the range of the taxon, but remains to be confirmed (J.P. Roux pers. comm. 2011). |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Asplenium capense (Kunze) Bir, Fraser-Jenk. & Lovis | Least Concern | 2011.1 | |
Bibliography |
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 |
| von Staden, L. 2011. Asplenium capense (Kunze) Bir, Fraser-Jenk. & Lovis. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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