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Parapolystichum microsorum

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Species of fern

Parapolystichum microsorum
Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Parapolystichum
Species: P. microsorum
Binomial name
Parapolystichum microsorum
(Endl.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran
Synonyms

P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:

  • Aspidium acuminatum var. villosum Bailey
  • Aspidium microsorum (Endl.) Kaulf.
  • Lastreopsis microsora (Endl.) Tindale
  • Dryopteris albovillosa Watts
  • Dryopteris baileyana Domin
  • Lastrea microsora (Endl.) C.Presl
  • Nephrodium microsorum Endl.

P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:

  • Aspidium pentangularum (Colenso) Colenso
  • Ctenitis pentangularis (Colenso) Alston
  • Nephrodium pentangularum Colenso

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. The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

References

  1. ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Parapolystichum microsorum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-20
  2. Brownsey & Dodsworth, New Zealand Ferns, David Bateman Ltd Auckland 2000, ISBN 1869530039
  3. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 312
Taxon identifiers
Parapolystichum microsorum
Lastreopsis microsora
Nephrodium microsorum


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