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This page is based on the 1993 Jepson Manual.
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
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Rhizome-scale cells with adjacent walls dark brown to blackish, external clear
Leaf: petiole in transverse section with 1 X-shaped or 2 back-to-back C-shaped vascular strands; segment veins generally free
Sporangia in linear to oblong sori along veins; indusia linear, opening away from veins; stalk cells in 1 row; spores elliptic, winged
Genera in family: ± 10 genera (limits disputed), 650 species (most in Asplenium): worldwide, especially tropical.
Plants in soil or on rocks; rhizome generally short-creeping to erect
Leaves often tufted, generally glabrous; 1° axis often ± winged; blade simple or 1many-pinnate, rarely forked; 1° leaflets often asymmetric, upward side more developed
Sporangia in linear sori; indusia persistent, covering sori when young, later reflexed
Etymology: (Greek: spleen)
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Leaves 1-pinnate, generally few, clustered, 320 cm; petiole 25 cm, 0.51 mm wide, unwinged, red-brown at base, greenish or straw-colored above, dull; blade generally 812 mm wide, linear; 1° leaflets 815 pairs, 37 mm, 36 mm wide, ± diamond-shaped, generally shallowly crenate on upper, outer margins
Sporangia: sori generally 11.5 mm, generally 13 pairs per 1° leaflet
Chromosomes: 2n=72
Ecology: On rocks in limestone seams in metamorphic rocks
Elevation: 2050 m.
Bioregional distribution: n High Sierra Nevada (Sierra Co., e side of Sierra Buttes)
Distribution outside California: to Alaska, e N.America, Europe, Asia
Synonyms: A. viride Huds
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