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Cyrtomium falcatum (Japanese Holly Fern) |
Cyrtomium falcatum (DRYOPTERIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Cyrtomium falcatum(L.f.) C. Presl
Published in (L. fil.) C. Presl, Tent. Pteridogr. 86 (1836) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Dryopteridaceae
Herter (The Buckler fern Family)
2 species from the Dryopteridaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Japanese Holly Fern |
Maltese name(s) : |
Felċi Ġappuniża |
Status for Malta : |
Persisting Alien. Introduced species for horticulture (flowering plants) or agriculture (herbs or fruiting trees)
usually within the last 2 centuries and persist after their original location or site is abandoned.
They do not widespread but usually remain as a single tree or a very localised population. |
Frequency : |
Data not available -
casual or short-lived in the wild from accidental garden or agriculture escape |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE ( bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc. )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
Spring |
Colour of Flowers: |
Inconspicuous |
Name Derivation : |
Cyrtomium:
falcatum:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Damp walls in urban localities and old gardens | |
Botanical Description: |
Stems with large, dark scales. Leaves 20-80 cm, coriaceous, the upper surface shining; petiole ¼-½ as long as the lamina. Pinnae 5-12 x (1.5-)2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, shortly stalked. | |
Distributional range: |
Cultivated for ornament, and locally naturalized in W. Europe, especially by the sea. | |
Native region outside Europe: |
(E. Asia.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in the Azores, Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Ireland, the Netherlands |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Gg(D) [Az(C F G J L M P S T) Be aBe(B) Br aCa nCa(C G P T) Ct Ga(F) Hb(E) aHo nIt nMd Md(M) aRm Sg] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
