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NZ Plants
Asplenium lamprophyllum
Spleenwort family: Aspleniaceae
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Climbing plants
L Jensen
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Plants on forest floor
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Plant
I MacDonald
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Frond
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Frond stalk (stipe) with scales
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Stipe with scales
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Frond upper surface, midrib (rachis) with leaflets
I MacDonald
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Frond upper surface, rachis with scales
L Jensen
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Leaflets, lower surface with sori
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Leaflet, lower surface with sorus and scales
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Asplenium lamprophyllum is a terrestrial fern with a creeping stem (rhizome) bearing glossy light green fronds with the smell of oil of wintergreen when crushed. Its creeping rhizome, dark scales, glossy and less divided fronds, longer sori and smell distinguish this from the similar-looking A. bulbiferum.
An endemic species found in the central North Island.
Vegetative characteristics |
Fertile frond and sporangia |
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Plant form: creeping rhizome with fronds up to 600 mm in length |
Frond appearance: similar to sterile frond |
Frond stalk, midrib: oval to triangular dark brown scales |
Sporangium location: on lower frond surface |
Frond shape: lanceolate to elliptic |
Sporangium position: close to leaflet margin |
Frond blade: 1-2-pinnate (divided 1-2x into leaflets or pinnae) |
Sporangia distribution: in groups (sori) |
Frond surface: glossy, hairless |
Sorus shape: linear |
Leaflets: sessile or shortly stalked, elliptic, often deeply serrate |
Sorus covering: linear covering (indusium) opening toward midrib |
