Open AccessCultivation of Thyrsopteris elegans
Author(s) -
Andy Ensoll,
Kate Matthews
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sibbaldia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2513-9231
DOI - 10.24823/sibbaldia.2004.100
Subject(s) - flora (microbiology) , alien , fern , alien species , genus , invasive species , introduced species , biology , geography , ecology , demography , population , genetics , sociology , bacteria , census
Thyrsopteris elegans Kunze is a monospecific genus of fern endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands, off the coast of Chile. These islands have large numbers of alien invasive species and the native flora, including T elegans which already has a very restricted distribution, is consequently under considerable threat. One of the largest examples of this species in cultivation in Britain grows at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and this paper describes its propagationand cultivation.