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Aspleniaceae
Asplenium

not marked as a favorite taxon Asplenium abscissum Willdenow var. abscissum. Common name: Cutleaf Spleenwort. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Limestone sinkholes. Distribution: Mexico, Central America, and n. South America; West Indies; nc. and c. FL peninsula; s. FL; n. AL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This species is a diploid, with chromosome complement AA. Kessler & Smith (2018) recognized two varieties; ours is var. abscissum. Var. subaequilaterale Rosenstein is strictly South American.

Other Comments: Found disjunct in Jackson County, AL in 2009 (Barger et al. 2010).

Synonymy ⓘ: = NS, POWO, Kessler & Smith (2018); < Asplenium abscissum Willd. — Fl1, FNA2, K4, Meso1, S13, Sf, SFla, WH3. Basionym: Asplenium abscissum Willd. 1810

Links to other floras: < Asplenium abscissum - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 1

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