Pteris umbrosa

Jungle brake
Jungle Brake from Dorrigo National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales[1]
Family: Pteridaceae[1]
Subfamily: Pteridoideae[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Christenhusz et al., 2011 Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Herald Scheider: "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns," Phytotaxa, 19: 7-54 (18 Feb. 2011)
  2. "Pteris umbrosa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  3. Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley - John Martyn ISBN 9780957839021 page 122


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