Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition

Pteris semipinnata

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Herbarium specimen. © Queensland Herbarium

Family

Pteridaceae

Botanical name

Pteris semipinnata L.

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/120232

Description

Rhizome short, ascending, scaly. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe 20–40 cm long, dark purple, glossy. Lamina oblong, 1-pinnate, 30–40 cm long, with 5–9 pairs of pinnae, chartaceous, glabrous; basal pinnae with a broad continuous wing on the acroscopic side, incompletely 1-pinnate-pinnatifid on the basiscopic side. Ultimate segments 2–5 cm long, 5–12 mm wide; sterile margins sharply serrate; apex acute; veins free, once-forked.

Distribution

An introduced species recorded once from the Cairns to Babinda region in NE QLD.

Habit and habitat

Terrestrial in mesic rainforest.

Citation of Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes

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).

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