Parapolystichum microsorum
| Parapolystichum microsorum | |
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| Mount Kembla, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Parapolystichum |
| Species: | P. microsorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapolystichum microsorum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:
P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:
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Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.[2] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. microsorum – Australia (eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria), Norfolk Island
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentagulare (Colenso) Labiak, Sundue & R. C. Moran – New Zealand and Chatham Island
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Parapolystichum microsorum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-20
- ↑ Brownsey & Dodsworth, New Zealand Ferns, David Bateman Ltd Auckland 2000, ISBN 1869530039
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 312
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