Biology:Marattia howeana

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Lord Howe Island king fern
Marattia howeana RBG Sydney.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Marattiales
Family: Marattiaceae
Genus: Marattia
Species:
M. howeana
Binomial name
Marattia howeana
(W.R.B.Oliv.) P.S.Green
Synonyms
  • Marattia salicina Sm.
  • Ptisana howeana

Marattia howeana is a rare fern growing on Lord Howe Island. The local names are horse shoe fern or king fern. A large plant, though not particularly tall. The fronds grow to four metres long.

The habitat is near streams in dense forest at the southern part of Lord Howe Island, near Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6755060 entry