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Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern) |
Pteridium aquilinum (HYPOLEPIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Pteridium aquilinum(L.) Kuhn
Published in (L.) Kuhn in Kersten, Reise Ost. Afr. Bot. 3(3):11 (1879) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Hypolepidaceae
(The Family)
1 species from the Hypolepidaceae family is recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Bracken Fern, Western Bracken Fern, Brake Fern |
Maltese name(s) : |
Feliċilla, Feliċija, Feliċita |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE ( bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc. )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (25/Sep/2021) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
All year |
Colour of Flowers: |
Inconspicuous |
Name Derivation : |
Pteridium:
aquilinum:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Usually calcifuge. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Clayey soils | |
Botanical Description: |
Leaves 40-400 cm, 2-pinnate or more usually 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, more or less woolly to glabrous on the lower surface, glabrous or subglabrous on the upper, the young unfurling fronds (croziers) with filiform, white (colourless) scales and usually with red hairs; petiole tomentose at the base, remaining so or becoming glabrous throughout; pinnae orientated horizontally; pinnules shortly acuminate to obtuse. Indusium ciliate. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=104 | |
Distributional range: |
Almost throughout Europe but local in the east. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All except Faroe Islands, Iceland, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Az(C F G J L M P S T) Be(B L) BH Bl(I M N) Br Bu By Ca(C G H L P T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Es Fe Ga(C F) Ge Gg Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu Ir It La Le Lt Lu Ma Md(D M P) Mk Mo No Po Rf(C CS E N NW S) Rm Sa Sg Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [Eg] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
