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imperial samambaiaçu
Dicksonia sellowiana
Dicksonia sellowiana, the xaxim, or samambaiaçu or imperial samambaiaçu, is an arborescent fern in the family Dicksoniaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas.
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Description
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. Dicksonia sellowiana is variable in its form. Variations are sometimes treated as separate varieties, which include:
Dicksonia sellowiana var. ghiesbreghtii; Dicksonia sellowiana var. gigantea; Dicksonia sellowiana var. karsteniana; Dicksonia sellowiana var. lobulata.
Range & habitat
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.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 207501.