Parapolystichum grayi

Dryopteridaceae

Parapolystichum grayi (D.L.Jones) J.J.S.Gardner & Nagalingum

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/9410335

Rhizome erect, 10–25 mm thick, sparsely scaly; scales 1–2.5 mm long, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, pale to dark brown. Fronds crowded. Stipe 10–40 cm long, greenish brown, scaly at the base. Lamina 3–4-pinnate, pentagonal, 15–40 cm long, 10–35 cm wide, dark green and glossy above, paler beneath, finely dissected, thin, glabrous except on the veins; rachises sparsely to densely hairy. Ultimate segments ovate to narrowly ovate, c. 2 mm wide; base decurrent on the minor axes; margins divided into shallow blunt lobes; apex obtuse. Sori terminal on veinlets, 1–4 per ultimate segment, exindusiate. 

Endemic to NE QLD between Lamb Range and Tinaroo Hills.

Terrestrial, usually on the banks of small creeks in wet rainforest.

Named after Bruce Gray who collected the type in Tinaroo Hills.