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Shining Spleenwort

Asplenium oblongifolium

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 320, February 297, March 291, April 813, May 366, June 275, July 239, August 259, September 369, October 408, November 317, December 302.
New Zealand4,256
Wellington Region1,730
Auckland Region639
Waikato Region417
Tasman Region223
Northland Region220
Canterbury Region203
Bay of Plenty Region190
Taranaki Region170
Manawatu-Wanganui Region146

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familyspleenwort family · Aspleniaceae
GenusSpleenworts · Asplenium

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