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Asplenium auritum

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Asplenium auritum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species:
A. auritum
Binomial name
Asplenium auritum

Asplenium auritum, the eared spleenwort, is a species of fern native to the Neotropical Realm of the American Continent (from the Florida Peninsula to southern Brazil and northern Argentina) and Eastern Southern Africa (from DR Congo to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands).[1] Its presence is also recorded in the Azores where it might possibly be native.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Asplenium auritum Sw". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ Rumsey, Fred; Schaefer, Hanno; Carine, Mark A. (January 2014). "Asplenium Auritum Sw. sensu lato (Aspleniaceae: Pteridophyta)-an overlooked neotropical fern native to the Azores". Fern Gazette. 19 (7): 259–271. Retrieved 14 February 2022.