Cyatheaceae
Dicksonia

Dicksonia antarctica Labill.

First published in Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 100 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Queensland to SE. Australia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Introduced into:

Azores, Cape Provinces, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Doran, N. & Horwitz, P. (2010). Engaeus phyllocercus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. < www.iucnredlist.org> (accessed on 21 February 2011).
  • Large, M.F. & Braggins, J.E. (2004). Tree Ferns. Timber Press, Oregon.
  • Low, T. (1991). Wild Food Plants of Australia. Angus & Robertson. North Ryde, N.S.W
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Orchard, A.E. (1998). Flora of Australia, Volume 48: Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups. ABRS/CSIRO, Canberra.
  • Ough, K. & Murphy, A. (2004). Decline in tree-fern abundance after clearfell harvesting. Forest Ecol and Manag 199: 153–163.
  • Spencer, R.D. (1995). A Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia, Volume 1. University of NSW Press, Sydney.
  • Tasmanian Government: Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (2007). Dicksonia antarctica (notesheet).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rodway, F.A. [199A] Australia K:SPC-18494.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0