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Asplenium polyodon
Mare's Tail Fern
As recorded: Asplenium polyodon G.Forst.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Aspleniaceae
- Collected by
- Philson, P.J.; Earle, T.T.; Doore, L.A.L.A. Doore →T.T. Earle →P.J. Philson →
- Collector number
- 224
- Date
- January 16, 1935
- Locality
- Bay of Islands. 2.5 miles northeast of Matauhui Bay. South slope.
- Region
- New Zealand
- Identified by
- Brouwsey, P.J.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 16, 1935, Philson, P.J.; Earle, T.T.; Doore, L.A. also collected 1 other specimen.
Asplenium polyodon observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1935. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,734 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Great Barrier Island / Aotea 0991, New Zealand
(c) campbellnotjames, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
Kaihoka 7073, New Zealand
(c) Chris Ecroyd, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-26
Kaihoka 7073, New Zealand
(c) Linda Jane Keegan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Forest Lake, Hamilton 3200, New Zealand
(c) Tyson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-23
Eastbourne Domain, Hutt city, NZ-WG, NZ
(c) brianrance, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-22
Waitetuna, New Zealand
(c) mark_smale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Asplenium polyodon. BISH 36979. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956247809. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/36979.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956247809 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026