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|accepted_name=Asplenium cristatum
|accepted_authority=Lamarck in Lamarck et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in Lamarck et al.,Encycl.
|place=2: 310. 1786
|year=1786
}}
|common_names=Hemlock spleenwort
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|hierarchy=Aspleniaceae;Asplenium;Asplenium cristatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aspleniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asplenium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asplenium cristatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Roots </b>proliferous. <b>Stems</b> erect, not branched; scales blackish throughout or rarely with narrow pale margins, narrowly linear, mostly only 8–12 cells wide proximally, 2–3 × 0.5–0.8 mm. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic. <b>Petiole</b> blackish to greenish, dull, 1–7(–17) cm, 1/5–1/2 length of blade; glabrous with few scales at base. <b>Blade</b> oblong-lanceolate, 2–3-pinnate, (2–)6–12(–18) × 2.7–10 cm, thin, glabrous; basal pinna pairs unreduced to reduced 1/4; apex gradually reduced, not rooting. <b>Rachis</b> blackish, dull, glabrous. <b>Pinnae</b> in (7–)10–15(–20) pairs, oblong, 2-pinnate throughout; medial pinnae (1–)2–3(–6) cm, all ± curved upward; proximal pinnae descending; base cuneate; apex attenuate. <b>Pinnules</b> ± asymmetric, 1–5(–10) × 1–4 mm; margins strongly dentate, cut 1/3–1/2 to axis. <b>Veins</b> free, evident. <b>Sori</b> 1–4(–6) per pinnule, usually on both basiscopic and acroscopic sides. <b>Spores</b> 64 per sporangium. <b>2n</b> = 72.</span><!--

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|habitat=Low limestone boulders and ledges in deep moist woods
|elevation=0–20 m
|distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>A widespread tropical American species, <i>Asplenium cristatum</i> is local in west central Florida.</p>
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name=Asplenium cristatum
|author=
|authority=Lamarck in Lamarck et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Aspleniaceae
|habitat=Low limestone boulders and ledges in deep moist woods
|elevation=0–20 m
|distribution=Fla.;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in Lamarck et al.,Encycl.
|publication year=1786
|special status=
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|genus=Asplenium
|species=Asplenium cristatum
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