Struthiopteris fallax is a small species of fern in the family Blechnaceae.[1] It is endemic to Iceland where it lives in close proximity to hot springs.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Genus: | Struthiopteris |
| Species: | S. fallax
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| Struthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz
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In Iceland it is locally red listed as an endangered species (EN)[3] but as of April 2021 it has not been assessed by the IUCN.
References edit
- ^ "Stuthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Molino, Sonia; Gabriel y Galán, José M.; Wasowicz, Pawel; de la Fuente, Pablo; Sessa, Emily B. (2019). "The Struthiopteris spicant (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) complex in Western Europe, with proposals for taxonomic and nomenclatural changes". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 305: 255–268. doi:10.1007/s00606-019-1565-0.
- ^ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.
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