Asplenium monanthes |
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum |
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single-sorus fern, single-sorus spleenwort |
brightgreen spleenwort, doradille verte, green spleenwort |
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Roots | not proliferous. |
not proliferous. |
Stems | erect, unbranched; scales black with lighter margins, linear-lanceolate, 3–6 × 0.4–0.8 mm, margins entire. |
short-creeping or ascending, frequently branched; scales dark reddish brown to blackish throughout, narrowly deltate, 2–4 × 0.2–0.4 mm, margins entire to undulate or with widely spaced shallow teeth. |
Leaves | monomorphic. |
monomorphic. |
Petiole | reddish brown throughout, lustrous, 1–12(–20) cm, 1/3–1/10 length of blade; indument of black filiform scales. |
reddish brown at base, green distally, lustrous, 1–5(–6) cm, 1/4–1/2(–1) times length of blade; indument of dark reddish brown to black, narrowly deltate scales grading into glandular hairs. |
Blade | linear, 1-pinnate throughout, 5–25(–40) × 1–2.5(–3) cm, thick, glabrous; base gradually tapered; apex acute, not rooting. |
linear, 1-pinnate throughout, 2–13 × 0.6–1.2 cm, thin, glabrous or with sparse minute hairs; base slightly tapering or truncate; apex acute, not rooting. |
Pinnae | in 10–40 pairs, oblong to quadrangular, somewhat asymmetric; medial pinnae 4–15 × 2–5 mm; base rounded to cuneate; margins crenulate or ± entire; apex obtuse. |
in 6–21 pairs, deltate to rhombic; medial pinnae 5–6 × 4–5 mm; base obtuse and often inequilateral; distal margins crenate; apex rounded to acute. |
Veins | free, obscure. |
free, evident. |
Sori | 1(–3) per pinna, only on basiscopic side. |
2–4 pairs per pinna, on both basiscopic and acroscopic sides. |
Spores | 32 per sporangium. |
64 per sporangium. |
Rachis | reddish brown throughout, lustrous, glabrous. |
green throughout, dull, glabrous or with scattered hairs as on petioles. |
n | = 2n = 108 (apogamous). |
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2n | = 72. |
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Asplenium monanthes |
Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum |
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Habitat | Rock | Limestone and other basic rocks |
Elevation | 50–1000 m (200–3300 ft) | 0–4000 m (0–13100 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AZ; NC; SC; HI; Mexico; Central America; West Indies in Hispaniola; Jamaica; South America to n Argentina; Africa including Madagascar; Madeira; Réunion; Tristan da Cunha
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AK; CA; CO; ID; ME; MI; MT; NV; NY; OR; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; YT; Greenland
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Discussion | Hybridization between Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum and A. trichomanes produces the fertile allotetraploid A. adulterinum, which occurs on Vancouver Island. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Aspleniaceae > Asplenium | Aspleniaceae > Asplenium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | A. viride | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Mant. Pl. 1: 130. (1767) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1082. (1753) |
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