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Asplenium hookerianum
Hooker's Spleenwort
As recorded: Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Polypodiopsida › Polypodiales › Aspleniaceae
- Collected by
- Wright, A.E.
- Collector number
- 6264
- Date
- February 18, 1984
- Locality
- Waipa Co, Pirongia State Forest Park: Growing beneath rock overhang where Track 1 passes below Tirohanga. Map N65/626234
- Island
- North Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 701 m
- Identified by
- Wright, A.E.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 18, 1984, Wright, A.E. also collected 2 other specimens.
Asplenium hookerianum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1984. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,069 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27
Napier, Hawke's Bay, NZ
(c) lisamarnold4, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-17
Rārangi 7273, New Zealand
(c) jarod_udy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-10
Long Bay 7583, New Zealand
(c) campbellnotjames, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Christchurch including Banks Peninsula, NZ-CA, NZ
(c) tspinks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Rārangi 7273, New Zealand
(c) jarod_udy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
Ōtaki 5583, New Zealand
(c) Emily Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Asplenium hookerianum. BISH 495399. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956571619. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/495399.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956571619 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
