Asplenium polyodon (tentative)

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Photos taken in Kepar, Kitti, Pohnpei.

Asplenium polyodon (tentative)
Broken off piece of a frond

Asplenium polyodon (tentative)

Aspleniaceae

English: Sickle spleenwort, mares tail fern.
Pohnpeian: Marekenleng Informant: Jansen Santos, 2000.

Sources on which tentative identification is based:
Plants of the island of Moorea herbarium sheet 1362548 from
UC Berkeley Moorea image 2
Brisbane Rainforest Action & Information Network
Pollen blog NZ image

Alternative possible identification of Asplenium polydon based on following links:
ANBG lists both an A. polydon and an A. polyodon which appear distinguishably different. The database entry for Asplenium polydon is unique from the entries for Asplenium polyodon. The image of Asplenium polydon is a better match than the image of Asplenium polyodon. Other links inside IBIS:
A. polydon
A. polyodon
A. polyodon
A. polyodon

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