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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
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 within 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 within eastern Paraguay.
Description
Dicksonia sellowiana has an erect and cilindric 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
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
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External links
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 Atlantic Forest (biome)
- Flora of Southwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Amazon
- Flora of Veracruz
- Neotropic ecozone flora
- Vulnerable flora of South America
- Vulnerable biota of Mexico
- Plants described in 1844
- Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker
- Garden plants of Central America
- Garden plants of South America
- Fern stubs