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Royal Fern

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Osmunda regalis, or royal fern, is a species of deciduous fern native to Europe, North Africa and West Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams. It is sometimes known as flowering fern for the appearance of its fertile fronds.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Very large fronds arising directly from the rhizome 1

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Osmunda regalis 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

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Source Wikidata: Royal Fern

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Source Osmunda regalis, Wikipedia

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Sources

1. Osmunda regalis, Wikipedia

Lead paragraph
is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, North Africa and West Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams.
Infobox: status
LC
Description
The fronds, or leaves, arise directly from this rhizome and are very large
lead sentence (diet), EntityId 295437
Osmunda regalis, or royal fern, is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, North Africa and West Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams.
In Biome: Bog, Wikipedia intro: ", is a species of deciduous fern, native to Europe, North Africa and West Asia, growing in woodland bogs and on the banks of streams. The species is sometimes k..."

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Plants For A Future: Osmunda regalis

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

Quote, Medicinal Uses

The fronds are used to make compresses for external application to wounds and rheumatic joints - for which purposes they are fairly effective.

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Wikidata: Royal Fern

Wikidata Q733398, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Pteridophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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