Asplenium bulbiferum x A lepidotum

Spleenwort hybrid

Kingdom: Plantae > Phylum: Tracheophyta > Class: Polypodiopsida > Subclass: Polypodiidae > Order: Polypodiales > Suborder: Aspleniinae > Family: Aspleniaceae > Genus: Asplenium > Species hybrid: Asplenium bulbiferum × lepidotum

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Spleenwort hybrids in New Zealand

Uncommon and previously uncatalogued in New Zealand.

Occasional plants have been identified in the Ōpārara from mid 2020.

The plant is an uncommon hybrid between A. bulbiferum and A. lepidotum.

Like other Asplenium hybrids, this is probably sterile but it does produce bulbils (chickens). The "chickens" are clones of the hybrid parent and can fall off and grow new "chickens", and yes, the "chickens can have chickens" in which case a small patch may form over time.

Asplenium hybrids catalogued…

cbeem Mon, 02/08/2021 - 13:10

Asplenium hybrids catalogued in New Zealand can be found here: http://www.nzflora.info/pdfs/FloraOfNewZealand-Ferns-18-BrownseyPerrie-2018-Aspleniaceae.pdf

This is a seriously meticulous collection.

Observations - Kahurangi Point - Mōkihinui

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