Asplenium lindenii

by | Dec 20, 2013 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

This is a black-stemmed twice-pinnate Asplenium with a proliferous flagelliform leaf tip. Plants like this have generally been treated as A. flabellulatum Kunze in neotropical floras, but that name does not appear to be correctly applied here. The leaf cutting of this plant is a better match for A. lindenii Hook., a name which has been placed in synonymy and forgotten.  It is illustrated in Index Filicum. Alan Smith (UC) directed me to the type of A. lindenii, Schlim 608 from Ocana, Colombia, an image of which he had available as a C. V. Morton negative (no. 595, 6-7000). The BR specimens have been digitized are available at: http://plants.jstor.orgspecimen/br0000006965600 and http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/br0000006965907

This species group is need of taxonomic revision. However, for the time being  A. lindenii appears to be the most applicable name.

 

Collection data

Classification & Common Names
Collection Data
  • Collection Date: 05-IX-2012
  • Primary collector: M. Sundue
  • Collected by: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
  • Habitat: Primary Forest
  • Habit: Terrestrial
  • Specimen locations: COL, NY, VT
Collection Location
Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia

About the Author

<a href="https://www.fernsoftheworld.com/author/msundue/" target="_self">Michael Sundue</a>

Michael Sundue

My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!

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