Dicksonia sellowiana
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Dicksonia sellowiana, the xaxim, or samambaiaçu or imperial samambaiaçu, is an arborescent fern in the family Dicksoniaceae.
Distribution
The fern is native to the Atlantic Forest biome in southeastern Brazil, and to Central America.
In Brazil it is found in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
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.
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
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- Dicksoniaceae
- Fern species
- Ferns of Brazil
- Endemic flora of Brazil
- Flora of Atlantic Forest (biome)
- Flora of Minas Gerais
- Flora of Paraná (state)
- Flora of Rio Grande do Norte
- Flora of Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Flora of São Paulo (state)
- Flora of Santa Catarina (state)
- Plants described in 1844
- Vulnerable flora of South America
- Fern stubs