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Cyrtomium falcatum

Cyrtomium falcatum.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cyrtomium falcatum.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hamilton. Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Piwhane/Spirits Bay from a specimen collected by Andrew Townsend.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Piwhane/Spirits Bay from a specimen collected by Andrew Townsend.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 06/11/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

New Plymouth. Jun 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

holly fern

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Ferns

Flower colours

No flowers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Dryopteridaceae

Authority

Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) C.Presl

Ecology

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

S.E. Asia

Other information

Etymology

falcatum: From the Latin falx ‘scythe’ or ‘sickle’, meaning sickle-shaped