Polystichum mohrioides

Polystichum mohrioides is a fern in the family Dryopteridaceae.[2] It is found only in the Falkland and South Georgia Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.[3][4]

Polystichum mohrioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum
Species:
P. mohrioides
Binomial name
Polystichum mohrioides
(Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspidium mohrioides Bory ex Willd.
  • Nephrodium mohrioides (Bory ex Willd.) Desv.
  • Polystichum mohrioides var. elegans C. Chr.
  • Polystichum mohrioides var. scopulinum (D.C. Eaton) Fernald

References
  1. Tropicos, Polystichum mohrioides
  2. Presl, Carl BoĊ™ivoj. Tentamen Pteridographiae 83. 1836.
  3. Kew Botanical Gardens Falkland Islands
  4. Alpine Garden Society Encyclopedia
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