Asplenium trichomanes subsp. coriaceifolium
Subspecies of fern in the family Aspleniaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Asplenium trichomanes subsp. coriaceifolium is an allotetraploid hybrid fern (2n = 144 chromosomes) of the family Aspleniaceae. It was found for the first time in the Soller Valley in the Serra de Tramuntana of the island of Mallorca, Spain, and described by both Spanish and German botanists at the same time. The Spaniards gave it the name Asplenium azomanes.
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. coriaceifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Aspleniaceae |
Genus: | Asplenium |
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Subspecies: | A. t. subsp. coriaceifolium |
Trinomial name | |
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. coriaceifolium Rasbach, K.Rasbach, Reichst. & Bennert | |
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Its fronds are coriacea as plastic and the rachis is very thick, dark garnet color and brilliance. A typical feature of this fern is the existence of a small atrium at the base of the pinnae medium and lower geared towards the apex of the frond with one or two sori in its underside. Sporulation occurs from October to March.