Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dryopteris patula
helecho, Ross' woodfern
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Pteridopsida
Order
Dryopteridales
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Genus
Dryopteris
Species
patula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aspidium patulum
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Jørgensen, P.M. León-Yánez, S. (eds.) (1999) Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, 1181 pp.
- Lawesson, J.E. Adsersen, H. & Bentley, P. (1987) An updated and annotated check list of the vascular plants of the Galapagos islands. Rept. Bot. Inst., Univ. Aarhus 16: 1-74.
- Moran, R. (2016) Bolbitis occidentalis (Dryopteridaceae), a new species from the western side of the Andes of Ecuador Brittonia, The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx. 1-7.
- Nowak, J.B. (1987) Final report on studies in burnt area, Sierra Negra, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dryopteris patula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=54. Accessed 3 April 2026.