Biology:Pteris umbrosa

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Short description: Species of fern


Jungle brake
Pteris umbrosa Dorrigo.jpg
Jungle brake from Dorrigo National Park, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Pteris
Species:
P. umbrosa
Binomial name
Pteris umbrosa
R.Br.

Pteris umbrosa is a fern from eastern Australia . The habitat of the jungle brake is rainforest where it can form large colonies in shaded moist situations.[1] There are several populations of this fern in the northern suburbs of Sydney. However, it is not clear if they are indigenous or escapees from gardens.[2]

The botanist Robert Brown published this plant in the year 1810, in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.

References

  1. "Pteris umbrosa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pteris~umbrosa. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
  2. Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley - John Martyn ISBN:9780957839021 page 122

Wikidata ☰ Q7256694 entry