Athyriaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua
Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua (Brack.) M.Kato
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/119109
Rhizome long-creeping, c. 5 mm thick, scaly; scales brown, thin, broad, entire. Fronds crowded. Stipe 20–50 cm long, scaly at the base. Lamina 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, 20–40 cm long, 10–18 cm wide, brittle, tapered apically; lower pinnae stalked; upper pinnae sessile; longest pinnae central, 7–10 cm long, 1.5–2.5 cm wide, lobed almost to the veins. Lobes broadly obtuse; apical part of pinnae drawn out into a lobed, tapered cauda; main rachis with numerous septate hairs; lower surface scaly; veins simple or forked. Sori elongate, medial on the veins, often paired back to back; indusium thin, entire.
Occurs in eastern QLD, NSW and Vic and on Norfolk Island. Also in Malesia and the Pacific Islands.
Terrestrial or from cracks between rocks in rainforest. Can form large colonies.
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).