Asplenium cuspidatum var. foeniculaceum (Kunth) C.V.Morton & Lellinger

Authority

Morton, Conrad V. & Lellinger, David B. 1966. The Polypodiaceae subfamily Asplenioideae in Venezuela. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 15: 1-49.

Family

Aspleniaceae

Scientific Name

Asplenium cuspidatum var. foeniculaceum (Kunth) C.V.Morton & Lellinger

Description

Distribution and Ecology - Colombia to Bolivia (the Bolivian form -A. auritutti var. davallioides Rosenst. Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 5: 232. 1908, type Unduavi, North Yungas, Bolivia, 3300 m, Buchtien 903 pp., isotype US - may be slightly different).

Discussion

Asplenium foeniculaceum H.B.K., Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 15. 1815. Type: “Crescit in umbrosis Novae Andalusiae, locis temperatis," Humboldt & Bonpland (holotype P. photograph 3312: isotypes, Herb. Willdenow 19860, 19925, B, photographs by Tryon, US) . The last cited specimen bears the name A. quitense, evidently an unpublished name of Willdenow, withdrawn in favor of A. foeniculaceum.

Asplenium fragrans Swartz var. foeniculaceum (H. B. K.) Hook. Sp. Fil. 3: 181. 1860.

Distribution

Colombia to Bolivia (the Bolivian form -A. auritutti var. davallioides Rosenst. Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 5: 232. 1908, type Unduavi, North Yungas, Bolivia, 3300 m, Buchtien 903 pp., isotype US - may be slightly different).

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