''Asplenium goudeyi'' is a fern only found on Lord Howe Island. A common plant growing in a variety of situations. On trees, or rocks, boulders, cliff faces and sometimes in exposed positions. The wavy edged fronds are 50 to 75 cm long, and 12 to 18 cm wide.

Taxonomy

This plant was described in 1996. A global phylogeny of ''Asplenium'' published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades, which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. ''A. goudeyi'' belongs to the "''Neottopteris'' clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. While the subclades of this group are poorly resolved, several of them share a characteristic "bird's-nest fern" morphology with entire leaves and fused veins near the margin. ''A. goudeyi'' forms a clade with the morphologically similar '' A. nidus'' '' sensu lato'' and '' A. australasicum'', but other bird's-nest ferns such as '' A. antiquum'' and '' A. phyllitidis'' form a separate subclade which is not particularly closely related.

References

* goudeyi Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island Plants described in 1996 Ferns of Australia {{Polypodiales-stub