Biology:Parapolystichum microsorum

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Short description: Species of fern

Parapolystichum microsorum
Fern Mt Kembla.JPG
Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification edit
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[1]
Synonyms[1]

P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:

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

P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:

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

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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Parapolystichum microsorum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, 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

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