Asplenium verecundum (Modest Spleenwort)

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ASPLENIACEAE

Asplenium verecundum Chapman ex Underwood. Modest Spleenwort, Delicate Spleenwort. Hab: Moist limestone outcrops, grottoes, and sinkholes. Dist: Endemic to FL, from n. and Panhandle FL (Columbia, Jackson, Liberty, Taylor counties) southward (Wunderlin & Hansen 2004) and also in 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, K3, K4, S13, SFla, WH3; < Asplenium myriophyllum (Sw.) C.Presl – K1; > 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 Underw. – Sf

Links to other floras: = Asplenium verecundum - FNA2

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