Asplenium auritum Sw. var. auritum

  • Authority

    Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.

  • Family

    Aspleniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Asplenium auritum Sw. var. auritum

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - General Distribution. Greater Antilles, and continental tropical America from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia.Distribution in Puerto Rico. O f scattered distribution in the Cordillera Central, with a single disjunct occunence in the Rio Abajo State Forest; recorded from Adjuntas, Arecibo, Cayey, Coamo, Maricao, and Yauco.Habitat. On mossy tree-trunks, rock-ledges, or sometimes in humus on steep, shaded banks, at middle to rather high elevations (325-900 m), sporadic but locally frequent.

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Greater Antilles, and continental tropical America from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia.Distribution in Puerto Rico. O f scattered distribution in the Cordillera Central, with a single disjunct occunence in the Rio Abajo State Forest; recorded from Adjuntas, Arecibo, Cayey, Coamo, Maricao, and Yauco.Habitat. On mossy tree-trunks, rock-ledges, or sometimes in humus on steep, shaded banks, at middle to rather high elevations (325-900 m), sporadic but locally frequent.

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