Biology:Polystichum fallax

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Short description: Species of fern

Polystichum fallax
Growing at Mount Kaputar
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum
Species:
P. fallax
Binomial name
Polystichum fallax
Tindale

Polystichum fallax is a species of fern in the Dryopteridaceae family, and was first described in 1955 by Mary Tindale.[1][2]

The species is found from south-eastern Queensland to eastern New South Wales,[3] in open forest at moderate heights above sea level and often among rocks.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Polystichum fallax". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/. 
  2. ↑ Tindale, M.D. (1955). "Some notes on the genus Polystichum in south-eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales: 80: 54, t. II. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34927174. 
  3. ↑ "Polystichum fallax Tindale | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17413810-1. 
  4. ↑ D.L. Jones. "Polystichum fallax". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Polystichum%20fallax. Retrieved 11 January 2025. 

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