Asplenium × kentuckiense T.N. McCoy

Kentucky Spleenwort

Herb

Perennial

Vascular

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<p>Kentucky Spleenwort is a sterile triploid hybrid formed by random crossing of the diploid Ebony Spleenwort (<a href="http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=63"><em><strong>Asplenium platyneuron</strong></em></a>) and the tetraploid Lobed Spleenwort (<a href="http://floraofalabama.org/Plant.aspx?id=62"><em><strong>Asplenium pinnatifidum</strong></em></a>).&nbsp;</p>

Native

<ul> <li>Smith, D.M.; Bryant, T.R., and Tate, D.E. 1961. New evidence on the hybrid nature of&nbsp;<em>Asplenium kentuckiense</em>. Brittonia&nbsp;13&nbsp;(3): 289&ndash;292.</li> <li>Wagner, W.H. Jr. 1958.&nbsp;<a class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31808547" rel="nofollow">Notes on the distribution of&nbsp;<em>Asplenium kentuckiense</em></a>.&nbsp;American Fern Journal.&nbsp;48&nbsp;(1): 39&ndash;43.</li> </ul>