Asplenium ceterach L. (syn. Ceterach officinarum DC.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Aspleniaceae// Genus: Asplenium// Species: Asplenium ceterach L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Micevski (1985) as Ceterach officinarum DC. The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Christenhusz & Raab-Straube, 2013) is Asplenium ceterach L.

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Tibet, North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Garden, Kew).

Habitat:  Rocks and rock cervices, river gorges.

Asplenium ceterach growing alongside Asplenium trichomanes. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 23.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach growing alongside Asplenium septentrionale. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 23.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 23.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach– habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach– habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 27.03.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales and sori. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales and sori. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales and sori. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales and sori. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Asplenium ceterach – abaxial side of leaf with scales and sori. Gorge of “Kochanska ” River, 21.11.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Asplenium ceterach. Christenhusz, M. & Raab-Straube, E. von (2013): Polypodiopsida. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Cystopteris%20fragilis&PTRefFk=7500000 [Accessed 26.11.2021].

Asplenium ceterach L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17040860-1 [Accessed 26.11.2021].

Micevski, K. (1985). The Flora of SR Macedonia Vol. 1, Book 1. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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