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Latest revision as of 16:09, 8 January 2024
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Dicksoniaceae |
| Genus: | Dicksonia |
| Species: | D. sellowiana
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Dicksonia sellowiana, the xaxim, or samambaiaçu or imperial samambaiaçu, is an arborescent fern in the family Dicksoniaceae, native to the tropical Americas.
Distribution[edit]
The fern is native to Southern Mexico, Central America, and South America.
In the South American Atlantic Forest biome, it is found in: Southeastern Brazil in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul; in northeast of Argentina within Misiones Province; and in eastern Paraguay.
Description[edit]
Dicksonia sellowiana has an erect and cylindrical caudex, reaching sometimes more than 10 metres (33 ft) high, the fronds are bipinnate and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long. Due to illegal extraction, the species is at risk of extinction.
Varieties[edit]
Dicksonia sellowiana is variable in its form. Variations are sometimes treated as separate varieties, which include:[1]
- Dicksonia sellowiana var. ghiesbreghtii
- Dicksonia sellowiana var. gigantea
- Dicksonia sellowiana var. karsteniana
- Dicksonia sellowiana var. lobulata
References[edit]
- ^ "Dicksonia sellowiana". Archived from the original on 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
External links[edit]
Dicksonia sellowiana.
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- Dicksoniaceae
- Ferns of the Americas
- Ferns of Argentina
- Ferns of Brazil
- Ferns of Ecuador
- Ferns of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of southern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of the Atlantic Forest
- Flora of Southwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Amazon
- Flora of Veracruz
- Neotropical realm flora
- Vulnerable flora of South America
- Plants described in 1844
- Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
- Garden plants of Central America
- Garden plants of South America
- Cyatheales stubs