Sticherus flabellatus
| Shiny Fan Fern | |
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| Shiny Fan Fern at Elvina Bay, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Gleicheniales |
| Family: | Gleicheniaceae |
| Genus: | Sticherus |
| Species: | S. flabellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sticherus flabellatus (R.Br.) H.St.John | |
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Sticherus flabellatus is a small fern found in eastern Australia and in New Zealand northwards from the north-west of the South Island. A common and attractive plant with shiny dark foliage and with slightly toothed edges on the smallest parts of the fronds. Often seen in large numbers in suitably moist gullies, creeks[1] or near waterfalls.
Two varieties are recognized, differing in size of the sporangia and the size of the ultimate segments.[2] The variety in New South Wales is Sticherus flabellatus var. flabellatus.
In 1810 it appeared as Gleichenia flabellata in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by Robert Brown.
References
- ↑ "Sticherus flabellatus ". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ↑ "Sticherus flabellatus". Flora of Australia Online.
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