Asplenium hemionitis

{{Short description|Species of fern}}

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|genus = Asplenium

|species = hemionitis

|authority = L.

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Christenhusz, M. |author2=Bento Elias, R. |author3=Dyer, R. |author4=Ivanenko, Y. |author5=Rouhan, G. |author6=Rumsey, F. |author7=Väre, H. |year=2017 |title=Asplenium hemionitis (Europe assessment) |page=e.T162318A85425371 |doi= |access-date=18 August 2024}}

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Asplenium hemionitis is a species of fern native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa and mainland Portugal. It inhabits humid woods and other shady areas, sometimes in uncovered slopes subject to high ocean humidity.{{Catalogue of Life |title=Asplenium hemionitis L. |id=HKJX |access-date=31 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Asplenium hemionitis L. |url=https://flora-on.pt/#1Asplenium+hemionitis |publisher=Flora-On |access-date=31 December 2021}}

Two subspecies are accepted.{{cite web |title=Asplenium hemionitis L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17044810-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=1 March 2025}}

• Asplenium hemionitis var. hemionitis – Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, Morocco, and Portugal
• Asplenium hemionitis var. longilobatum {{small|G.Kunkel}} – Canary Islands (La Gomera)

Linnaeus was the first to describe the species with the binomial Asplenium hemionitis in his Species Plantarum of 1753.{{cite book | title=Species Plantarum | edition=1st | volume=II | last=Linnaeus | first=C. | authorlink=Carl Linnaeus | year=1753 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Stockholm | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359099|page=1078}}