Asplenium daucifolium
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Asplenium daucifolium (common name Mauritius Spleenwort) is a species of fern
in the Aspleniaceae
family, endemic to the Mascarene Islands
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Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
in the Aspleniaceae
Aspleniaceae
The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales or in some classifications as the only family in the order Aspleniales....
family, endemic to the Mascarene Islands
Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks...
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Source
- GBIF entry
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
- Encycl. 2:310. 1786
- Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.