Tags: Fern.
Asplenium trichomanes subsp. coriaceifolium is an allotetraploid hybrid fern ( 2n = 144 chromosomes ) of the Aspleniaceae family. It was found for the first time in the Soller Valley in the Serra de Tramuntana of the island of Mallorca Spain and described by both Spanish and German botanists at the same time. The Spaniards gave it the name Asplenium azomanes. Its fronds are coriacea as plastic and the rachis is very thick dark garnet color and brilliance.
