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Vandenboschia speciosa
About
Vandenboschia speciosa, synonym Trichomanes speciosum, commonly known as the Killarney fern, is a species of fern found widely in Western Europe. It is most abundant in Ireland, Great Britain, Brittany, Galicia, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, but is also found in other locations including France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. It is a relict endemic European species with a disjunct distribution, having had a much wider distribution before the climate changes of the Tertiary and Quaternary periods.
- Family
- Hymenophyllaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vandenboschia speciosa
- Slug
- vandenboschia-speciosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Hymenophyllaceae
- Genus
- Vandenboschia
- Species
- speciosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q3554491
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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