Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Asplenium serra var. imrayanum Hook.

helecho, creeping spleenwort

Asplenium serra var. imrayanum Hook. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.
Asplenium serra var. imrayanum Hook. Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Polypodiales

Family
Aspleniaceae

Genus
Asplenium

Species
serra

Subspecies
var. imrayanum

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Jaramillo, P. (1998) Distribución Espacial de la Vegetación Vascular y Dispersión de Especies Introducidas dentro del Parque Nacional Galápagos. Tesis de Doctorado en Biología, Universidad Central del Ecuador. Especialización ECOLOGIA DE POBLACIONES.
  • Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
  • Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
  • Porter, D.M. (1983) Vascular Plants of the Galapagos: Origins and Dispersal. In: Bowman, R.I., Berson, M. & Leviton, A.E. (eds.): Patterns of evolution in Galápagos organisms. Pacific Division, AAAS, San Francisco, California, p. 33-96.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Asplenium serra var. imrayanum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=37. Accessed 31 October 2026.