Asplenium flaccidum

Asplenium flaccidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: A. flaccidum
Binomial name
Asplenium flaccidum
G.Forst.

Asplenium flaccidum is a species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae. The plant common name is Drooping Spleenwort or Weeping Spleenwort, and the species name flaccidum derives from the Latin root meaning drooping.[1] An example occurrence of A. flaccidum is within a Nothofagus-Podocarp forest at Hamilton Ecological District on New Zealand's North Island in association with other fern species understory plants, Crown Fern, Blechnum discolor being an example.[2]

References

Line notes

  1. Sue Olsen. 2007
  2. C. Michael Hogan. 2009
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