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Cyrtomium falcatum (Japanese Holly Fern) |
Cyrtomium falcatum (DRYOPTERIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or 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 synonym:
Polystichum falcatum
Full list of synonyms :
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[ PlantList ]
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[ Catalogue of Life ]
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Plant Family : | Dryopteridaceae The Buckler fern Family 2 Dryopteridaceae species recorded from Malta.
Herter | English name(s) : | Japanese Holly Fern | Maltese name(s) : | Felċi Ġappuniża | Status for Malta : | Casual Alien | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (Bulbous/Rhizomatous plants)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Spring | Colour of Flowers: | Inc | Habitat : | Damp walls in urban localities. |
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| Species Description 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. |
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 × (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.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
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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