Asplenium flaccidum

Asplenium flaccidum is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae. The plant common name is drooping spleenwort or weeping spleenwort, and the species name "flaccidum" derives from the Latin root meaning "drooping". An example occurrence of "A. flaccidum" is within a Nothofagus-Podocarp forest at Hamilton Ecological District on New Zealand's North Island in association with other fern species understory plants, crown fern, "Blechnum discolor" being an example.
Taxonomy.
A global phylogeny of "Asplenium" published in 2020 divided the genus into eleven clades, which were given informal names pending further taxonomic study. "A. flaccidum" belongs to the ""Neottopteris" clade", members of which generally have somewhat leathery leaf tissue. It forms a clade with "A. appendiculatum" and "A. chathamense".