Asplenium formosum
Showy Spleenwort
Also known as: Asplenium formosum var. incultum Christ +5 more
- Asplenium formosum var. incultum Christ
- Asplenium mexiae Copel.
- Asplenium nanum Willd.
- Asplenium odontophyllum Wall.
- Asplenium subalatum Hook. & Arn.
- Chamaefilix formosa (Willd.) Farw.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Aspleniaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a lithophyte or epiphyte.
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Asplenium formosum (commonly known as Showy Spleenwort) is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern within the Aspleniaceae family. It naturally occurs in Africa, Tropical Asia, North America, and South America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions. There are naturally occurring varieties of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Air Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TROPICAL, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Indian Subcontinent, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, South Tropical Africa, Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
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