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Dicksonia L'Héritier, 1789
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These are the most popular and widely planted tree fern. This genera contains around 25 different species which can be found in many places throughout the southern hemisphere. This genera of plants is evergreen in mild climates, but if a frost occurs the tree loses all of it's leaves. Dicksonia can reach up to 50 feet in height in the wild, but in cultivation this height is often much less. Dicksonia Antarctica, a very popular tree fern for cultivation is not considered under threat yet, although it is estimated that 80,000-90,000 of these ferns are exported from Tasmania yearly.
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Plant / epiphyte
Achrophyllum dentatum grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Chiloscyphus coalitus grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Eurhynchium praelongum grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Leptobryum pyriforme grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
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Leptotheca gaudichaudii grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
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Lophocolea bidentata grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
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Lophocolea muricata grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Marchantia polymorpha grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
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Metzgeria furcata grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Telaranea longii grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
Plant / epiphyte
Wijkia extenuata grows on trunk of Dicksonia
Remarks: captive: in captivity, culture, or experimentally induced
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:21
Specimens with Sequences:18
Specimens with Barcodes:17
Species:11
Species With Barcodes:10
Public Records:15
Public Species:10
Public BINs:0
Dicksonia is a genus of tree ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is regarded as related to Cyathea, but is considered more primitive, dating back at least to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The fossil record includes stems, pinnules, and spores.
The genus contains 20-25 species, distributed from Mexico to Argentina, Uruguay and Chile, St. Helena, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. New Guinea has the greatest diversity, with five species.
An easily cultivated species of Dicksonia is D. antarctica, the soft tree fern.[1]
The genus was first described by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788. The name honors James Dickson, a prominent nurseryman and botanist.[1]
Species
- Dicksonia antarctica, Soft Tree Fern, Tasmanian Tree Fern. Australia.
- Dicksonia arborescens, St. Helena (type species)
- Dicksonia archboldii, New Guinea
- Dicksonia baudouini, New Caledonia
- Dicksonia berteriana, Juan Fernández Islands
- Dicksonia blumei, Indonesia, Philippines
- Dicksonia brackenridgei, Fiji, Samoa
- Dicksonia externa, Juan Fernández Islands
- Dicksonia fibrosa, Woolly Tree Fern, Kuripaka or Wheki-ponga. New Zealand.
- Dicksonia grandis, New Guinea
- Dicksonia herbertii, Northeastern Queensland, Australia
- Dicksonia hieronymi, New Guinea.
- Dicksonia lanata, Tuokuro. New Zealand.
- Dicksonia lanigera, New Guinea.
- Dicksonia mollis, Indonesia.
- Dicksonia sciurus, New Guinea.
- Dicksonia sellowiana, Xaxim, Samambaiuçu (in Portuguese). Southern Mexico through Central America and Northern South America to Bolivia and Uruguay.
- Dicksonia squarrosa, Rough Tree Fern, Slender Tree Fern, New Zealand Tree Fern, Wheki. New Zealand.
- Dicksonia steubelii, Northern Peru.
- Dicksonia thyrsopteroides, New Caledonia.
- Dicksonia youngiae, Bristly Tree Fern. Australia.
References
- ^ a b Dicksonia antarctica – the soft tree fern. Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2008
- Large, M.F. and J.E. Braggins Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Inc. (2004).
- Lobin, Wolfram. List of the American Dicksonia Species. Scientific Authority of Germany, Bonn 2001.
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