Cultivation of Thyrsopteris elegans

Authors

  • Andy Ensoll Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
  • Kate Matthews Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2004.100

Abstract

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 propagation
and cultivation.

Author Biographies

  • Andy Ensoll, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
    Andy Ensoll is a Senior Horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh where he is responsible for the fern collection
  • Kate Matthews, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
    Kate Matthews, also a Horticulturist at the Garden, is responsible for ferns and the Pelargonium collections. She is also Assistant Editor of Sibbaldia

References

BERNARDELLO, G. and STEUSSY, T.F., (2001) World Wildlife Fund Report. Terrestrial. Ecoregions-Juan Fernandez Islands temperate forests (NT0401).

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(Filicales:Thyrsopteridaceae) [On line] Available at http//www.rbt.ots.ac.cr/revistas/44-3y45-1/perez.htm> (Accessed January 2004).

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Published

2004-10-31

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No. 2 (2004)

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How to Cite

Cultivation of Thyrsopteris elegans. (2004). Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, 2, 27-31. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2004.100