Pteridaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Antrophyum subfalcatum
Antrophyum subfalcatum Brack.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/120239
Fronds with a prominent winged stipe 5–8 cm long. Lamina narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, 10–20 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, tapered to each end, semi-erect to pendent, often slightly falcate, coriaceous, grey-green; apex acuminate to irregular; venation prominent abaxially, with long narrow areoles. Sori sometimes sparse, usually absent from a central band; paraphyses numerous, branched with clavate terminal cells.
Occurs in a small area of NE QLD between Mt Windsor Tableland and Atherton Tablelands. Malesia and Pacific Islands.
Lithophytic among moss on boulders or steep rock banks in shaded strata of rainforest or epiphytic on tree bases, usually at moderate to high altitude.
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/intro/index.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) ‘Platycerium superbum’, in Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/entities/platycerium_superbum.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).