- Family:
- Osmundaceae Martinov
- Genus:
- Osmunda L.
Osmunda regalis L.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- helecho de espiga
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1600–2700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Santander.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, artificial - terrestrial.
[FZ]
Osmundaceae, E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe. Flora Zambesiaca. 1970
- Morphology General Habit
- Rhizome erect to suberect, covered with the persistent winged bases of the stipes, usually embedded in a mass of black fibrous roots and with tufted fronds.
- Morphology Leaves
- Fronds erect, with a rufous tomentum when young, becoming glabrous at maturity.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
- Lamina 2-pinnate up to 1 m. long, with the fertile pinnae borne in the apical portion, oblong to narrowly oblong in outline, with subopposite pinnae.
- Sterile
- Sterile pinnules up to 6 x 1.5 cm., herbaceous to thinly coriaceous, very narrowly to narrowly oblong, unequally truncate at the base, obtuse to broadly acute, minutely crenulate, petiolate except for adnate pinnules towards the apices of the pinnae.
- Morphology Leaves Pinnules
- Fertile pinnules up to c. 2.5 x 0.2 cm., linear, petiolate or adnate, bearing groups of sporangia at intervals. Sterile pinnules up to 6 x 1.5 cm., herbaceous to thinly coriaceous, very narrowly to narrowly oblong, unequally truncate at the base, obtuse to broadly acute, minutely crenulate, petiolate except for adnate pinnules towards the apices of the pinnae.
- Fertile
- Fertile pinnules up to c. 2.5 x 0.2 cm., linear, petiolate or adnate, bearing groups of sporangia at intervals.
[FWTA]
Osmundaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959
- Ecology
- Sea level up to 6, 000 ft. alt.; on rocks in and near streams and lakes.
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Austria, Madeira, New Zealand North
Osmunda regalis L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Pyne, C.T. [89], Sierra Leone | 18958.000 | No | |||
Lyall [300], Madagascar | K000435398 | Yes | |||
Bojer [s.n.], Madagascar | K000435397 | Yes | |||
Luke, W.R.Q. [7035], Tanzania | K000115139 | No | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 51] | Osmunda leschenaultii | K001109112 | Yes | ||
Leschenault de la Tour, J.B. [Cat. no. 51], India | Osmunda leschenaultii | K001109111 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1065 (1753)
Accepted by
- Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
- Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
- Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
- Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florasi (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfi/Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
- Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.
- Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- 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.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Hook. Syn. Fil. 427 (1868)
- Sim F.S.A. 310, t. 170 (1915)
- Sp. Pl. 2: 1065 (1753)
- Tard. in Mém. I.F.A.N. 28: 30 (1953).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Allen, D., Bilz, M., Leaman, D.J., Miller, R.M., Timoshyna, A., & Window, J. (2014). European Red List of medicinal plants. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 10:907382.
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
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- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
- RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
- Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
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