Grammitis nudicarpa

Grammitis nudicarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Grammitis
Species: G. nudicarpa
Binomial name
Grammitis nudicarpa
Copel.[1]

Grammitis nudicarpa is a fern in the Polypodiaceae family. The specific epithet comes from Latin nudus (“naked”) and the Greek carpos (“fruit”), referring to the lack of hairs on the sporangia.[1]

Description

The plant is a very small epiphytic fern. It has a short rhizome with dark brown, pointed scales. Its simple fronds combine a short stipe with a narrowly oblanceolate lamina 2–8 cm long and 0.3–0.8 cm wide.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea; it is confined to the densely shaded summit areas of Mounts Lidgbird and Gower.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 " Grammitis nudicarpa". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-01-31.


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