Asplenium stolonipes

by | Oct 27, 2015 | Ferns, New Collections | 0 comments

When I first found this plant I thought it was Asplenium soleirolioides, which I had been hunting for years. I was mistaken, with the help of Alan Smith (UC), I now believe it to be A. stolonipes. This turns out to be much more exciting since it is only the second collection of this species we know of!  This population was beneath steep massive cliffs in the forests below Cerro Pelon. Characterization of this species still needs a bit more investigation. Mickel & Beitel described A. stolonipes has having proliferous buds at the base of the lamina, whereas the collection photographed here forms small colonies from subapical proliferations. In other respects though, it matches the type closely.

 

Collection data (M. Sundue, 3942 )

Classification & Common Names
Collection Data
  • Collection Date: 15-III-2015
  • Collection Number: 3942
  • Primary collector: M. Sundue
  • Collected by: GLZ Adame, W. Testo, R. Torres C., A. Vasco G.
  • Determined by: M. Sundue (VT and A.R. Sm. (UC)
  • Habitat: Bosque Mesofilo
  • Habit: Lithophyte
  • Specimen locations: MEXU, VT
  • Observations: Epipetric on rocks at the base of cliffs
Asplenium stolonipes
Collection Location

About the Author

<a href="https://www.fernsoftheworld.com/author/msundue/" target="_self">Michael Sundue</a>

Michael Sundue

My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!

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