Diplazium cristatum

#461 They called me Diplazium cristatum, also known as Asplenium shepherdii, Diplazium shepherdii, and Diplazium arboreum var. shepherdii. I pay homage to the male botanist George John Shepherd. They first catalogued me in 1936.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..