VIRBOGA
Home Collections Lists Contact
Polystichum setiferum - Sori close-up - Click to enlarge!

Sori close-up; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polystichum setiferum - Leaf section upper side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf section upper side; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polystichum setiferum - Leaf section upper side - Click to enlarge!

Leaf section upper side; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polystichum setiferum - Crozier uncoiling - Click to enlarge!

Crozier uncoiling; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Polystichum setiferum - Frond - Click to enlarge!

Frond; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2008 © Jörn Germer

Polystichum setiferum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Santo Estêvão do Penso, Braga, Portugal; 6/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 597
Date of entry: 02.07.2007
Last update: 10.01.2020

Common name

English: Soft shield fern

German: Borstiger Schildfarn

Portuguese: Fentanha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (46)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (35)

      Order: Polypodiales (34)

        Family: Dryopteridaceae (8)

          Genus: Polystichum (1)

            Epithet: setiferum (Forssk.) Woyn. (1)

setiferum => from saeta, a bristle or stiff hair and fero, to bear or carry

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

External links

Check for Polystichum setiferum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [32] Jahns,M.J. (1995): Farne, Mose, Flechten Mittel-, Nord- und Westeuropas. BLV, Munich, Germany.

Search for more