''Asplenium auritum'', the eared spleenwort, is a species of fern native to the Neotropical Realm of the American Continent (from the Florida Peninsula to southern Brazil and northern Argentina) and Eastern Southern Africa (from

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to Madagascar and the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of the islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Thei ...

). Its presence is also recorded in the Azores where it might possibly be

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5709516 auritum Ferns of the Americas Ferns of Africa Flora of the Azores