Polypodiaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Grammitis stenophylla
Grammitis stenophylla Parris
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/104038
Rhizome erect to short-creeping. Fronds 0.1–0.5 mm apart; base glabrous. Stipe absent. Lamina (8–) 17–46 (–88) mm long, 1–4 mm wide, thinly coriaceous, glabrous or hairy; hairs 0.1–0.3 mm long, whitish to pale red-brown, catenate, simple, glandular and eglandular, and/or similar-coloured, forked, on margins and abaxially on midvein; veins usually not visible in transmitted light, with conspicuous hydathodes. Sori rounded to oblong, (1–) 3–14 (–25) pairs in distal one-fifth to three-quarters of lamina. Sporangia glabrous; thickened annulus cells 7–10 (–14). Spores (18–) 26–35 (–46) µm diam.
Endemic to eastern Australia from Mt Boolbon NE QLD to central coast of NSW.
Epiphytic or lithophytic, usually in mid to upper montane rainforest and wet-sclerophyll forest.
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