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Rustyback Fern

Ferns and Fern Allies

The rustyback fern is a compact evergreen fern of the spleenwort family Aspleniaceae native to western and central Europe, North Africa, and Asia from Turkey through the Himalayas to Tibet. Its intricately divided fronds, up to twenty centimeters long, are covered on their undersides with a dense layer of pale reddish-brown scales that give the species its common name. During summer drought its fronds curl inward, exposing only the scaly underside, an adaptation that lets it grow in fissures of limestone rock and on the mortar of stone and brick walls with little need for humidity, up to elevations of 2,700 meters.

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Scientific Name

Asplenium ceterach 5

Conservation Status

Least Concern 3

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

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Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Rustyback Fern

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Sources

1. Wikidata: Rustyback Fern

Wikidata Q1754958, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikipedia 'Asplenium ceterach': the rustyback fern, is a fern species
Child Taxon Of: Asplenium, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)

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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Asplenium ceterach

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile

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"habitat": "terrestial"

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3. Wikipedia: Asplenium ceterach

Wikipedia

infobox status=LC
Article text
A. ceterach was also used to treat kidney stones, spleen issues, haemorrhoids and intestinal disorders.

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Polypodiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12392

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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5. Wikipedia: Asplenium ceterach

WikipediaWikidata Q1754958 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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