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.[1] 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.[2]

Asplenium flaccidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. flaccidum
Binomial name
Asplenium flaccidum

References

  • C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
  • Sue Olsen. 2007. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns, Timber Press, ISBN 0-88192-819-4, ISBN 978-0-88192-819-8, 444 pages

Line notes

  1. Sue Olsen. 2007
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2009


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