Asplenium scandicinum

by Nathan Smith | Dec 22, 2011 | Ferns, Florula, New Collections, Santa Catarina Island | 2 comments

Collection data (N. P. Smith, 336 )

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium L.
Species: Asplenium scandicinum Kaulf.

Collection Data

Collection Date: 20-XII-2011
Collection Number: 336
Primary collector: N. P. Smith
Determined by: Paulo Labiak
Habitat: Secondary Forest
Habit: Epiphyte
Specimen location: FLOR

Asplenium scandicinum

Collection Location

General location: Unidade de Conservação Ambiental Desterro
Country: Brazil
State or Province: Santa Catarina
City: Florianópolis
Coordinates: -27.529669,-48.511169

About the Author

Nathan Smith

I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte florulas of Santa Catarina Island and the Furnas River Reserve, in southern Brazil.

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