Asplenium serra
Creeping Spleenwort
Also known as: Asplenium camptosorum Mett. +9 more
- Asplenium camptosorum Mett.
- Asplenium camptosorum Mett. ex Kuhn
- Asplenium poeppigii C.Presl
- Asplenium progrediens Fée
- Asplenium serra var. camptosorum (Mett.) Baker
- Asplenium serra var. remotum Kunze
- Asplenium serra var. tomentosum Rosenst.
- Asplenium serra var. woodwardioideum (Gardner) Hieron.
- Asplenium woodwardioideum Gardner
- Chamaefilix serra (Langsd. & Fisch.) Farw.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Aspleniaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial, lithophyte or epiphyte.
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Originating in North America and South America, Asplenium serra (commonly known as Creeping Spleenwort) is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern belonging to the Aspleniaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to wet tropical conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Air Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, Northern South America, Southern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.
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