Asplenium truncorum, a new asplenioid fern from the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest, is described, illustrated and compared to the most similar species. So far, it seems to be restricted to the montane moist forests of southern Bahia and Espírito Santo States, at elevations of 750 to 950 m. Field observations suggest that this species grows exclusively as an epiphyte on the trunks of tree ferns, especially Alsophila setosa Kaulf. (Cyatheaceae).
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1 April 2009
A New Brazilian Species of the Genus Asplenium L. (Aspleniaceae)
Fernando B. Matos,
Paulo H. Labiak,
Lana S. Sylvestre
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Asplenium truncorum
Atlantic Rain Forest
Bahia
Espírito Santo
ferns
taxonomy