''Lomariocycas magellanica'',

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''Blechnum magellanicum'', ''costilla de vaca'' ( Chilean Spanish for ''cow's

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'') or ''palmilla'', is a medium-sized fern native with a natural range from Talca at 35°S, to the Magallanes Region in Chile. It grows from sea level up to 2200

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It grows also in the humid valleys of western Argentina close to the Chilean border.

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Blechnaceae Ferns of Argentina Ferns of Chile Plants described in 1824 {{Polypodiales-stub