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Saccoloma laxum

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Species of fern

Saccoloma laxum
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Saccolomataceae
Genus: Saccoloma
Species: S. laxum
Binomial name
Saccoloma laxum
R.C.Moran & B.Øllg.

Saccoloma laxum is a species of fern in the family Lindsaeaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is only known from a single location in Zamora-Chinchipe Province. It grows in Amazonian forest habitat on limestone, a rock type which is rare in the region. It is threatened by urbanization and deforestation.

References

  1. ^ Navarrete, H.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Saccoloma laxum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43612A10814699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43612A10814699.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Saccoloma laxum


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