Lindsaeaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Lindsaea orbiculata
Lindsaea orbiculata (Lam.) Mett. ex Kuhn
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/113571
Rhizome short-creeping, 1–1.5 mm diam.; scales narrow, reddish-brown. Fronds ±monomorphic. Stipes clustered, mostly dark, shorter than the lamina. Lamina 1–2-pinnate, 7–30 cm long, herbaceous to chartaceous; apex long, 1-pinnate. Upper pinnules much-shortened; larger pinnules asymmetrically flabellate; smaller pinnules cuneate-subdimidiate, with an erose margin. Veins free, forked. Sori mostly continuous; indusium 0.3–0.5 mm wide, erose. Spores trilete.
Localised in northern NT and WA. Widespread in Asia.
Terrestrial.
The identity of Australian collections is not certain.
Very similar to Lindsaea brachypoda.
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).