Asplenium tutwilerae B.R. Keener & L.J. Davenport. Tutwiler’s Spleenwort. Hab: Crevices of calcareous conglomerate. Dist: So far as is known, A. tutwilerae, the fertile allotetraploid of A. ×ebenoides, is limited to a single population in Hale County, AL; however Peck (2011) reported a population from Garland County, AR, which produces viable spores, and may prove to be a second station of the fertile tetraploid
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: The chromosome formula of A. tutwilerae is PPRR. See Keener & Davenport (2007).
Synonymy: = K3, K4, Keener & Davenport (2007); < Asplenium ×ebenoides R.R.Scott – K1; < Asplenium ebenoides R.R.Scott – FNA2, S13, Sf
Heliophily ?: 1
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© Alan Cressler: Asplenium tutwilerae, Hale County, Alabama 7 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium tutwilerae, Hale County, Alabama 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Asplenium tutwilerae, and Asplenium platyneuron, on 'Puddingstone', Eutaw Formation, Cretaceous Age, Coastal Plain Canyon, Hale County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium tutwilerae, Habitat, Hale County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Asplenium tutwilerae, on 'Puddingstone', Eutaw Formation, Cretaceous Age, Coastal Plain Canyon, Hale County, Alabama 2 by Alan Cressler sourceFeedback
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