- Asplenium flaccidum
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Asplenium flaccidum A. flaccidum in the Nymphenburg Botanical Gardens, Munich Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Aspleniaceae Genus: Asplenium Species: A. flaccidum Binomial name Asplenium flaccidum
G.Forst.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]
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- Sue Olsen. 2007. Encyclopedia of Garden Ferns, Timber Press, ISBN 0881928194, 9780881928198 444 pages
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Categories:- Asplenium
- Fern species
- Ferns of New Zealand
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Tasmania
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Fern stubs
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