Asplenium formosum Willd.

Showy spleenwort (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniaceae > Asplenium

Characteristics

A perennial evergreen herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Environment

On rocks and trees at low levels in forest; up to 2, 000 ft. alt.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Asplenium formosum world distribution map, present in Angola, Argentina, Burundi, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Montserrat, Martinique, Malawi, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Asplenium formosum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:22417-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109317
COL ID 5W6W5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731313
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Synonyms

Asplenium odontophyllum Chamaefilix formosa Asplenium formosum Asplenium subalatum Asplenium nanum Asplenium formosum var. incultum

Lower taxons

Asplenium formosum var. carolinum