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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.

ITIS nomenclature info for Asplenium nidus
Nomenclatural information about Asplenium nidus is provided by ITIS.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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