Asplenium daghestanicum

Asplenium daghestanicum, the Dagestanian spleenwort, is a species of spleenwort that is endemic to Dagestan in Russia. It is known only from Agulsky and Khivsky districts. It can be found on shaded schist rocks in the middle montane zone, at elevations from 1,800 to 2,300 m. Its population is estimated to be 1,500–2,000 mature individuals. It is threatened by the effects of climate change on its microhabitat.[1]

Dagestanian spleenwort
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. daghestanicum
Binomial name
Asplenium daghestanicum
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References edit

  1. ^ a b Murtazaliev, R. (2014). "Asplenium daghestanicum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T199912A2619175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T199912A2619175.en. Retrieved 5 January 2018.