Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Asplenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum FAMILY Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium pinnatifidum
COMMON NAME:
Lobed Spleenwort
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Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat1
June Rutherford County NC
Blade broadest at the base, tapering gradually to a long and pointed tip, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat2
June Rutherford County NC
Can resemble Walking Fern, but fronds lobed, with long stipes, more upright, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
Kevin Caldwell kev_apinnatifidumhabitat5
June Rutherford County NC
Lower blade distinctly and deeply lobed, upper less so or merely wavy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm221108_0648
November Greenville County SC
Sori variable in shape, often massing together as they age, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Asplenium pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Asplenium ×pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-002:
Asplenium pinnatifidum
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Asplenium pinnatifidum var. pinnatifidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Asplenium pinnatifidum
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