Osmunda regalis L.

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Madeira, New Zealand North

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Flora of West Tropical Africa

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• 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.
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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