Cystopteris diaphana, the greenish bladder-fern[1] or diaphanous bladder-fern, is a fern in the family Cystopteridaceae.

Cystopteris diaphana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Cystopteridaceae
Genus: Cystopteris
Species:
C. diaphana
Binomial name
Cystopteris diaphana
(Bory) Blasdell

Distribution edit

It is found locally on the Atlantic seaboard of Europe.

Status in Britain edit

The species was found for the first time in Britain in February 2000 on the banks of the River Camel in Cornwall (Murphy & Rumsey, 2005).[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ Murphy, R. J. and F. J. Rumsey (2005) Cystopteris diaphana (Bory) Blasdell (Woodsiaceae) - an overlooked native new to the British Isles Watsonia 25: 255-26
  3. ^ Rumsey,F.J. 2007. An early specimen of Cystpteris diaphana (Bory) Blasdell supports its native status. Watsonia 2007 26 : 489 - 490. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)