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Tape fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Genus:	Vittaria
Species:	V. ensiformis
Binomial name
Vittaria ensiformis Sw.
Synonyms
Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane

Vittaria ensiformis, commonly known as the tape fern, is a species of epiphytic fern. In eastern Australia, it grows in rainforests north from the Watagan Hills in the south, to tropical Queensland and the Northern Territory in the north. This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1799, published by the Swedish botanist Olof Swartz from a plant collected in Mauritius.

References

1. Peter G. Wilson. "Vittaria ensiformis". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
2. "Vittaria ensiformis". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved January 27, 2020.

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