Microsorum pustulatum

Microsorum pustulatum
Microsorum pustulatum in Upper Hutt beech forest, New Zealand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microsorum
Species: M. pustulatum
Binomial name
Microsorum pustulatum
(G.Forst.) Copel.
Synonyms

Microsorum diversifolium (G.Forst.) Copel Phymatosorus diversifolius (Willd.)

Microsorum pustulatum (kangaroo fern or hound's tongue, in Māori: kōwaowao, pāraharaha) is a species of fern[1] within the Polypodiaceae family. This species occurs widely in New Zealand and also in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.[2] An example occurrence in the North Island of New Zealand is in the Hamilton Ecological District where it is associated with a number of other ferns including Blechnum filiforme and Blechnum discolor.[3]

References

Line notes

  1. D.J. Mabberley. 2008
  2. Peter G. Wilson
  3. C. Michael Hogan. 2009
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