Asplenium verecundum Chapman ex E. Fournier. Common name: Modest Spleenwort, Delicate Spleenwort. Habitat: Moist limestone outcrops, grottoes, and sinkholes. Distribution: Endemic to FL, from n. and Panhandle FL (Columbia, Jackson, Liberty, Taylor counties) southward (Wunderlin & Hansen 2004); Cuba.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Possibly better treated as the northern component of the West Indian/s. Mexican/Central American/South American A. myriophyllum. Its chromosome formula is VVVV.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl1, FNA2, K4, NSProv, POWO, S13, SFla, WH3; < Asplenium myriophyllum (Sw.) C.Presl — NS; > Asplenium scalifolium E.P.St.John — Sf; > Asplenium suave E.P.St.John — Sf; > Asplenium subtile E.P.St.John — Sf; > Asplenium verecundum Chapm. ex E.Fourn. — Sf; < Caenopteris myriophylla Sw.; Asplenium verecundum Chapm. ex E.Fourn. Basionym: Asplenium verecundum Chapm. ex E.Fourn. 1872
Links to other floras: = Asplenium verecundum - FNA2
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Asplenium abcissum, Didymoglossum punctatum subsp. floridanum, and Pecluma dispersa, Sumter County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Miami-Dade County, Florida BW 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Warwick Hammock, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Steel Ladder Cave, East Entrance, Citrus County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum, Limestone Island, Levy County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium verecundum (left), Asplenium Xbiscaynianum (middle), Asplenium dentatum (right), Warwick Hammock, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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