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Species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae

Asplenium serratum
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: A. serratum
Binomial name
Asplenium serratum
L.

Asplenium serratum, the bird's nest spleenwort, wild birdnest fern, or New World birdnest fern, is a fern of the New World/Americas.

Distribution

The fern is native to tropical Brazil, the Caribbean, and Florida of the Southeastern United States. It is rare in central and southern Florida, where it is a state-listed endangered species.

Description

Asplenium serratum is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern that grows on eroded limestone, tree trunks, rotting stumps, and fallen logs.

Taxonomy

Linnaeus was the first to describe American bird's-nest fern with the binomial Asplenium serratum in his Species Plantarum of 1753.

References

  1. United States Department of Agriculture. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  2. ^ Florida Natural Areas Inventory (2000). "American Bird's Nest Fern" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  3. Flora of North America. "Asplenium serratum". Retrieved 2007-11-25.
  4. Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. II (1st ed.). Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 1079.

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Taxon identifiers
Asplenium serratum


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