Asplenium chihuahuense is a rare fern endemic to the states of Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico.
Asplenium chihuahuense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Aspleniaceae |
Genus: | Asplenium |
Species: | A. chihuahuense
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Binomial name | |
Asplenium chihuahuense | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Formally described in 1891, it is very similar to Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, which is occasionally found in the adjacent portions of the United States, and has sometimes been placed in synonymy with that species. However, experiments published in 1994 showed that A. chihuahuense is a fertile allohexaploid hybrid between A. adiantum-nigrum and an unknown diploid species.
References
edit- ^ "Name - Asplenium chihuahuense Baker synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
- Mickel, John T.; Smith, Alan R. (2004). The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. Vol. 88. Bronx, New York: New York Botanical Garden. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-89327-488-7.
External links
edit- Probable type from JSTOR Global Plants.