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Vandenboschia speciosa

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Family: Hymenophyllaceae · Genus: Vandenboschia

Vandenboschia speciosa

by Thomas Moore ; edited by John Lindley ; nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. · public_domain

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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.

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