Lomariocycas magellanica

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Lomariocycas magellanica, synonym Blechnum magellanicum,[1] costilla de vaca (Chilean Spanish for cow's rib) or palmilla, is a medium-sized fern native with a natural range from Talca at 35°S, to the Magallanes Region in Chile. It grows from sea level up to 2200 m.a.s.l. It grows also in the humid valleys of western Argentina close to the Chilean border.

Lomariocycas magellanica
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Lomariocycas
Species:
L. magellanica
Binomial name
Lomariocycas magellanica
(Desv.) Gasper & A.R.Sm.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Blechnum magellanicum (Desv.) Mett.
  • Blechnum tabulare var. setigerum (Gaudich.) Capurro
  • Lomaria magellanica Desv.
  • Lomaria setigera Gaudich.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Parablechnum howeanum". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.