Biology:Sticherus lobatus

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Short description: Species of fern


Spreading fan fern
Fern - Mount Budawang.JPG
Spreading fan fern at Mount Budawang, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Sticherus
Species:
S. lobatus
Binomial name
Sticherus lobatus
N.A.Wakef.
Synonyms
  • Gleichenia lobata (N.A.Wakef.) S.L.Thrower
  • Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook.
  • Gleichenia flagellaris (Willd.) Spreng.
  • Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching

Sticherus lobatus, known as the spreading fan fern, is a small fern found in eastern and southern Australia . It is a common and attractive plant, similar to S. flabellatus but with additional lobed segments.[1] It often forms colonies in open forest areas or on the edge of rainforests.[2]

References

  1. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN:978-0-7318-1211-0 page 314
  2. " Sticherus lobatus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sticherus~lobatus. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7616160 entry