Asplenium ×biscayneanum

(D. C. Eaton) A. A. Eaton

Fern Bull. 12: 45. 1904.

Common names: Biscayne spleenwort
Basionym: Asplenium rhizophyllum var. biscayneanum D. C. Eaton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 14: 97, plate 168. 1887
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Roots proliferous. Stems erect, not branched; scales blackish throughout, linear-deltate, sparse, 1–1.3 × 0.1–2.4 mm, margins entire. Leaves nearly monomorphic. Petiole green, becoming blackish in older leaves, 1–5 (–12) cm, 1/8–1/3 length of blade; indument of black, narrowly lanceolate scales. Blade dull, linear, 2-pinnate, (4–) 12–22 × 1–3.5 cm, papery, glabrous; base slightly tapered; apex narrowing gradually, not rooting. Rachis mostly blackish, green distally and in juvenile leaves, shiny, sparsely scaly. Pinnae in 9–20 pairs, oblong, 0.5–2 × 0.4–1.3 cm; apex blunt to truncate. Pinnules of 1–2 segments; segments linear-oblong, 3–6 × 1–3 mm; margins dentate; apex notched, pointed, rounded, or blunt. Veins free, evident. Sori 1–2 per segment, on both basiscopic and acroscopic sides. Spores abortive. 2n = ca. 180.


Habitat: Hammocks, on limestone rock faces
Elevation: 0–20 m

Distribution

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Fla.

Discussion

Asplenium × biscayneanum is the hybrid of A. trichomanes-dentatum and A. verecundum, with which it occurs. This peculiar spleenwort may most readily be separated from A. trichomanes-dentatum by its deeply cut pinnae, and from A. verecundum by being only 2-pinnate and having long petioles. Chromosome pairing in A. × biscayneanum is irregular. Judging from herbarium collections, it shows considerable hybrid vigor. All the collections are from Dade County, Florida, where it may now be extirpated.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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"/8lengthofblade" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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not rooting +
blunt +, rounded +, pointed +, notched +  and truncate +
narrowing +
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +, Robbin C. Moran +  and Charles R. Werth +
- D. C. Eaton A. A. Eaton +
tapered +
Asplenium rhizophyllum var. biscayneanum +
simple +  and 4-pinnate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> - 12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> - 22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br /> +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> +
Biscayne spleenwort +
0–20 m +
Hammocks, on limestone rock faces +
monomorphic +
juvenile +  and older +
fertile +  and than sterile ones +
dentate +  and entire +
perforate +, reticulate +, spiny +  and winged +
not articulate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> - 12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> +
blackish +  and green +
c--shaped +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> - 5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> - 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - 1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> +
green +  and blackish +
proliferous +
black +  and blackish +
lanceolate +  and linear-deltate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> - 0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> - 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> +
linear-oblong +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> - 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> +
acroscopic +  and basiscopic +
less lunate;linear +
dorsiventral +  and symmetric +
not branched +
Asplenium ×biscayneanum +
Asplenium +
species +
anastomosing +