''Asplenium hemionitis'' is a species of fern native to

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and mainland

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. It inhabits humid woods and other shady areas, sometimes in uncovered slopes subject to high ocean humidity.

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was the first to

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the species with the

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''Asplenium hemionitis'' in his ''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1295827 Flora of Macaronesia Flora of North Africa Flora of Portugal Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753

hemionitis ''Hemionitis'' is a genus of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae of the family Pteridaceae. Its circumscription varies greatly in different systems of fern classification. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), ...