Dryopteris villarii
Species of plant
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Dryopteris villarii, commonly known as the rigid buckler fern,[2] is a perennial leptosporangiate fern native to Central and South East Europe as well as the Western Caucasus. It was first described in 1915.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Dryopteris |
| Species: | D. villarii |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryopteris villarii (Bellardi) Woyn. ex Schinz & Thell. | |
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Description
Dryopteris villarii typically reaches heights around 30 to 60 cm.[3] The rigid, leathery fronds are of a matt glaucous to dark green colour, with scaly reddish petioles and rachis.[4][5] Fronds may present tufted, erect or spreading.[5] The short bipinnate leaflets are slightly dentate and narrowly oblong-lanceolate, attenuating closer to the base, with yellowish aromatic glands on either side.[3][4][5] Rhizomes are far creeping and adventitious, horizontal to ascending.[5] Sori between 0.7 mm to 1 mm, usually with glandular indusium and arranged in two rows along the midrib, usually four to six per row. They do not cover the apex.[3][4][5]
