Rumohra adiantiformis

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Rumohra adiantiformis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Rumohra
Species:
R. adiantiformis
Binomial name
Rumohra adiantiformis
(
G.Forst.) Ching

Rumohra adiantiformis, the leather fern or leatherleaf fern,

family Dryopteridaceae
. It has a wide distribution, mainly in the tropical Southern Hemisphere.

Names

Other common names include leathery shieldfern,[4] iron fern,[5] 7-weeks-fern,[6] and climbing shield fern.[7]

Description

Growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall and broad, Rumohra adiantiformis is a bushy, tufted evergreen plant with glossy dark green

indusia (films), and prominent scales on the stipes
of the fronds.

Distribution

Rumohra adiantiformis is native to South America, the Caribbean, southern Africa, the Western Indian Ocean islands, Papua New Guinea, and Australasia.[2] Countries it is native to include such diverse places as Brazil and Colombia,[8] the Galápagos Islands,[9] the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean, Zimbabwe and South Africa[2] Australia, and New Zealand.

Ecology

An example of plant associations of Rumohra adiantiformis is found in the

Blechnum discolor.[10]

Cultivation

The fern is cultivated as an ornamental plant for groundcover and in floristry.[3] As it is a tropical plant with only limited protection against frost, in temperate climates it is normally grown under glass as a houseplant. In the UK it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[11][12]

It is of economic importance in Brazil, where thousands of people generate their income by wild-harvesting and selling the fronds for use in flower arrangements.[6]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192003776A192161065.en
    . Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. National Plant Germplasm System; GRIN-Global Web v 1.9.7.1: Taxonomy profile of Rumohra adiantiformis
  3. ^ a b Gilman, E. F. Rumohra adiantiformis. Fact Sheet FPS-515. University of Florida Cooperative Extension, IFAS. 1999.
  4. ^ Rumohra adiantiformis. Flora of Tasmania.
  5. ^ Rumohra adiantiformis. USDA PLANTS.
  6. ^ a b De Souza, G. C., et al. (2006). An ethnobiological assessment of Rumohra adiantiformis (samambaia-preta) extractivism in Southern Brazil. Biodiversity & Conservation 15(8), 2737-46.
  7. ^ Rumohra adiantiformis. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
  8. ^ Gonzalez Castiblanco, G. P. 2004. Factibilidad de exportacion de follaje de helecho de cuero (Rumohra adiantiformis) para ramos o adornos frescos. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, Facultad de Ingenieria, 134 pages.
  9. ISBN 978-0-8047-0732-9
  10. ^ Hogan, C. M. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg.
  11. ^ "Rumohra adiantiformis". Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  12. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 93. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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