Gleichenia alpina

Gleichenia alpina
Gleichenia alpina in Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida /
 Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Gleichenia
Species: G. alpina
Binomial name
Gleichenia alpina
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms
  • Mertensia alpina (R.Br.) Poir.
  • Gleichenia dicarpa var. alpina (R.Br.) Hook.f.
  • Platyzoma alpinum (R.Br.) Desv.
  • Calymella alpina (R.Br.) C.Presl

Gleichenia alpina, commonly known as alpine coral-fern, is a small fern species that occurs in Tasmania and New Zealand.[2] It grows in alpine and subalpine areas with moist soils.[3]

The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Gleichenia alpina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-05-. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Gleichenia dicarpa. NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". www.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Gleichenia alpina". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
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