Plant Index
Asplenium ×ebenoides
Asplenium ×ebenoides R.R. Scott (pro sp.)
scott’s spleenwort
Synonym(s): × Asplenosorus ebenoidesPLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: ASEBSCIENTIFIC NAME: Asplenium ×ebenoides
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: ASPLEGENUS SCIENTIFIC: Asplenium
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Spleenwort
GENUS SUMMARY: Asplenium is a large, nearly cosmopolitan genus of more than 720 species, with centers of diversity in the Appalachians, Central America mountains, Andes, and Himalayas.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Several of the more frequently encountered sterile hybrids are included in the key and treated fully below. Others may be recognized by intermediate morphology and usual co-occurrence with both parents.
GENUS REFERENCES: Wagner, Moran, & Werth in FNA (1993b); Lin & Viane in FoC (2013)=FoC; Moran (1982); Taylor, Mohlenbrock, & Burton (1976)=Z; Murakami et al. (1999); Kramer & Viane in Kramer & Green (1990).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ASPLENFAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Aspleniaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Frank 1877
FAMILY COMMON: Spleenwort Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of a 2 genera and more than 720 species, of nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Murakami et al. (1999) conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Aspleniaceae, which confirmed that Camptosorus should be included in Asplenium, but suggested that Phyllitis is better separated from Asplenium. A later and more comprehensive study shows Phyllitis and Camptosorus to be deeply embedded in Asplenium (Schneider et al. 2004a), a conclusion followed here.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Kramer & Viane in Kramer & Green (1990); Schneider et al. (2004a).
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GRIM ACCESSIONS
| acc_id | acc_num | acc_dt | coll_id | Action |
| 990 | 1985-0685 | View | ||
| 2531 | 1986-2416 | View | ||
| 2533 | 1986-2418 | View |
USDA PLANTS DATABASE
USDA Symbol: ASEBUSDA Common Name:
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Asplenium ×ebenoidesCOMMON NAME: Scott's Spleenwort
SYNONYMY: [= Ar, Il, Pa, WV; = ×Asplenosorus ebenoides (R.R. Scott) Wherry - F; = Asplenosorus ebenoides (R.R. Scott) Wherry - G; < Asplenium ×ebenoides - K; < Asplenium ebenoides R.R. Scott - FNA, S]
PHENOLOGY: May-Oct.
HABITAT: Moist outcrops of calcareous sedimentary rocks, such as limestone, dolostone, and on coquina limestone (shell marl), at low elevations.
COMMENTS: VT, NJ, c. PA, OH, s. IL, and MO south to e. VA, w. NC, nw. GA, c. AL, TN, and AR. A. ×ebenoides is a sterile hybrid (chromosome complement symbolized PR). In AL, however, one population in Hale County has undergone chromosome doubling and is a fertile allotetraploid (PPRR), now treated as A. tutwilerae. Populations of this taxon, especially if consisting of many individuals, should be checked for fertile spores.
RANGE MAP: Asplenium ×ebenoides.png
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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Aspleniaceae Frank 1877 (Spleenwort Family)
SUMMARY: A family of a 2 genera and more than 720 species, of nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Murakami et al. (1999) conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Aspleniaceae, which confirmed that Camptosorus should be included in Asplenium, but suggested that Phyllitis is better separated from Asplenium. A later and more comprehensive study shows Phyllitis and Camptosorus to be deeply embedded in Asplenium (Schneider et al. 2004a), a conclusion followed here.
REFERENCE: Kramer & Viane in Kramer & Green (1990); Schneider et al. (2004a).
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Asplenium L. (Spleenwort)
SUMMARY: Asplenium is a large, nearly cosmopolitan genus of more than 720 species, with centers of diversity in the Appalachians, Central America mountains, Andes, and Himalayas.
REFERENCE: Wagner, Moran, & Werth in FNA (1993b); Lin & Viane in FoC (2013)=FoC; Moran (1982); Taylor, Mohlenbrock, & Burton (1976)=Z; Murakami et al. (1999); Kramer & Viane in Kramer & Green (1990).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Asplenium ×ebenoides in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)UNC SERNEC: Find Asplenium ×ebenoides in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Asplenium ×ebenoides in USDA PlantsNPIN: Find Asplenium ×ebenoides in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Asplenium ×ebenoides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Asplenium ×ebenoides
IMAGE USE RECORDS
ID IMAGE: 0 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
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