Asplenium nidus (Aspleniaceae)

Asplenium nidus
(Aspleniaceae)

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Species description or overview

Asplenium nidus information from NTBG
Information about Asplenium nidus is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Asplenium nidus
Nomenclatural information about Asplenium nidus is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

Asplenium nidus information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asplenium nidus--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Asplenium nidus information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Asplenium nidus, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Asplenium nidus
Nomenclatural information about Asplenium nidus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Asplenium nidus (bird's nest fern) propagation and cultivation (UH/CTAHR)
Bird's nest fern propagation by spores is reviewed in the Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.

Images

Images of Asplenium nidus (Aspleniaceae) (ekaha)
Links to high-resolution free images of Asplenium nidus (Aspleniaceae) (ekaha) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Asplenium nidus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asplenium nidus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

Asplenium nidus information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Asplenium nidus in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Books

Hawaii's ferns and fern allies
Palmer, Daniel D. 2003. Hawaii's ferns and fern allies. Contribuition no. 2002-010 to the Hawaii Biological Survey. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-8248-2522-5.

Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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