Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium ruta-muraria
Varietas: Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis

Name

Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis (Fernald) Wherry, Bartonia 21: 15 (1942).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Asplenium cryptolepis Fernald, Rhodora 30: 41 (1928).
    • Typus: Massachusetts: Sheffield, shaded limestone ledges. 6 Jul 1906, C.H. Bissell (Holotype: GH 00020529).
• Homotypic
  • Asplenium ruta-muraria subsp. cryptolepis (Fernald) R.T.Clausen & Wahl, Rhodora 41: 29 (1939).
• Heterotypic
  • Asplenium ruta-muraria var. angustifolium Hallier f., Hedwigia 42: 159 (1903).
  • Asplenium ruta-muraria var. ellipticum Christ, Hedwigia 42: 161, 170 (1903).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wherry, E.T. 1940 publ. 1942. The Ferns and Lycosphens of Pennsylvania. Bartonia 21: 11–37. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Fernald, M.L. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, – No LXXIX. IV. The American Representatives of Asplenium ruta-muraria. Rhodora 30(351): 37–43. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wagner, W.H., Moran, R.C. & Werth., C.R. 1993. Aspleniaceae. Pp. 228–245 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Asplenium ruta-muraria var. cryptolepis Accessed: 17 Jan 2025. Reference page.