Asplenium abscissum Willd.

Cutleaf spleenwort (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniaceae > Asplenium

Characteristics

Roots proliferous. Stems erect, unbranched; scales brown throughout, linear-deltate, 1.2 × 0.1--0.3 mm, margins entire. Leaves monomorphic. Petiole green throughout, dull, 3--15(--20) cm, 1/3--2/3 length of blade; indument absent. Blade deltate, 1-pinnate, 7--12(--20) × 3--6(--9) cm, thick, papery, glabrous; base not tapered; apex attenuate, not rooting. Rachis green throughout, dull, glabrous. Pinnae in 4--8 pairs, linear-lanceolate; medial pinnae 30--70 × 7--15 mm, slightly curved, strongly excavated in proximal basiscopic 1/3; base with small acroscopic auricle; margins entire to dentate; apex attenuate. Veins free, obscure. Sori 2--9 pairs, medial, commonly 1--2 less on basiscopic side than on acroscopic side. Spores 64 per sporangium. 2 n = 72.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.15
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Asplenium abscissum world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:315082-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109301
COL ID HJQB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731308
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Synonyms

Asplenium abscissum Asplenium firmum Asplenium platychlamys Tarachia polymorpha Asplenium abscissum var. abscissum Asplenium abscissum var. firmum