Struthiopteris fallax

Struthiopteris fallax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Struthiopteris
Species:
S. fallax
Binomial name
Struthiopteris fallax
(Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz
Synonyms
Synonyms
  • Blechnum spicant var. fallax
  • J. E. Lange
  • Struthiopteris spicant var. fallax
  • (J.E.Lange) Wasowicz & Gabriel y Galán

Struthiopteris fallax is a small species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. It is endemic to Iceland where it lives close to hot springs.

In Iceland it is locally red listed as an endangered species (EN) but as of April 2021 it has not been assessed by the IUCN.

References

  1. ↑ "Stuthiopteris fallax (Lange) S.Molino, Gabriel y Galán & Wasowicz". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Molino, Sonia; Gabriel y Galán, José M.; Wasowicz, Pawel; de la Fuente, Pablo; Sessa, Emily B. (2019). "The Struthiopteris spicant (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) complex in Western Europe, with proposals for taxonomic and nomenclatural changes". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 305: 255–268. doi:10.1007/s00606-019-1565-0.
  3. ↑ Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands [Icelandic Institute of Natural History] (1996). Válisti 1: Plöntur. (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.