Asplenium auriculatum

by Michael Sundue | Dec 15, 2013 | Ferns, New Collections, PNN Las Orquideas, Uncategorized | 0 comments

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.

: Abaxial leaf surface

: Asexual reproduction via root proliferations

: Plants growing epiphytically on vegetation along stream

: Adaxial leaf surface

Collection data

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium L.
Species: Asplenium auriculatum Sw.

Collection Data

Collection Date: 03-IX-2012
Collection Number: 3156
Primary collector: M. Sundue
Collected by: M. Sundue, J. Betancur, P. Pedraza, G. Giraldo, M. Jaimes, E. Tineo, M. Londono, A. Duque, L. Arias
Determined by: M. Sundue
Habitat: Primary Forest
Habit: Epiphyte
Specimen locations: COL, NY, VT

Collection Location

Frontino, Antioquia, Colombia

General location: Parque Nacional Natural Las Orquideas
Country: Colombia
State or Province: Antioquia
Municipality: Frontino
Coordinates: ,
Elevation: 1700

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About the Author

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!