Asplenium rhizophyllum

Asplenium rhizophyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: A. rhizophyllum

Name

Asplenium rhizophyllum L., 1753

Synonyms

• Antigramma rhizophylla (L.) J. Sm.
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus f. angustatus F.W.Gray
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus f. auriculatus Clute
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus f. boycei C.L.Wilson
• Camptosorus rhizophyllus var. intermedius Arthur
• Chamaefilix rhizophylla (L.) Farw.
• Phyllitis rhizophylla (L.) O. Kuntze
• Scolopendrium rhizophyllum (L.) Endl.

Homonyms

• Asplenium rhizophyllum (Thunb.) Kunze = Asplenium myriophyllum (Sw.) C. Presl
• Asplenium rhizophyllum L = Asplenium radicans L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Ontario, Quebec) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1078. Reference page. 
• Link, J.H.F. (1833) Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 2:69.
• Smith, J. (1841) Journal of Botany 4:176. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Walking fern

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