Struthiopteris fallax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Struthiopteris
Species:
S. fallax
Binomial name
Struthiopteris fallax
(Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz
Synonyms
Synonyms
  • Blechnum spicant var. fallax
  • J. E. Lange
  • Struthiopteris spicant var. fallax
  • (J.E.Lange) Wasowicz & Gabriel y Galán

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]

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

  1. ↑ "Stuthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.


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