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This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.
Dicksonia sellowiana

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 1500 - 3800 m.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.

[UPB]
Use Materials
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Materials Other Materials
'Roots' - Used to make figures and flowerpots (Linares 1994).
Use Materials Unspecified Materials Chemicals
Materials (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Uruguay

Spanish
Helecho, palma boba.

Dicksonia sellowiana (C.Presl) Hook. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 2013 Miguel, L.M. et al [72], Argentina K000501710
Jan 1, 2013 Miguel, L.M. et al [72], Argentina K000501709
Jan 1, 2012 Glaziou, M. [11718], Brazil K000501529
Spruce, R. [5366], Ecuador K000006842
Martius, von [s.n.], Brazil K000589711 Unknown type material
Miers, J. [232], Brazil K000589712 Unknown type material
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K000589710
Werckle, C. [s.n.], Costa Rica K000894777 isotype
Tonduz, A. [11789], Costa Rica K000894776 Unknown type material
Werckle, C. [s.n.], Costa Rica K000894778 isotype

First published in Sp. Fil. 1: 67 (1844)

Accepted by

  • 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.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org
  • Linares, E. (1994). Inventario preliminar de las plantas utilizadas para elaborar artesanías en Colombia. Vniversitas Scientarium. Vol 2: 1-38

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Science Photographs
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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