The fleshy pale green leaves and proliferous roots help to diagnose Asplenium auriculatum. This plant was collected growing on small trees along a stream in Parque Nacional Naturaleza Las Orquideas in Antioquia, Colombia.
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- Abaxial leaf surface
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- Asexual reproduction via root proliferations
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- Plants growing epiphytically on vegetation along stream
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- Adaxial leaf surface
Collection Data (M. Sundue 3156)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Aspleniaceae
- Genus: Asplenium L.
- Species: Asplenium auriculatum Sw.
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 03-IX-2012
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 3156
- Collection Party: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Primary Forest
- Habit: Epiphyte
- Specimen Locations: COL, NY, VT
Additional Comments
Collection Location
- Location: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas – – Frontino – Antioquia – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 6°38'20.7"N, 76°12'30.1"W
- Elevation: 1700
