Asplenium difforme
Asplenium difforme is a plant in the spleenwort group of ferns. Its habitat is cracks in rocky headlands beside the sea. It is found in eastern Australia and Norfolk Island. Its fronds are thick and waxy to protect it from sea spray. The specific epithet difforme refers to the irregular shape of the fronds. This species first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, published by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.[1][2]
| Headland spleenwort | |
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| Fern at Barrenjoey, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Aspleniaceae |
| Genus: | Asplenium |
| Species: | A. difforme |
| Binomial name | |
| Asplenium difforme | |
References
- Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 p. 306
- Peter G. Wilson. "Asplenium difforme R.Br". New South Wales Flora Online. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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