Antrophyum jagoanum

Pteridaceae

Antrophyum jagoanum D.L.Jones & Bostock

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/177936

Fronds with a short narrowly-winged stipe 0.5–2.5 cm long. Lamina of smaller fronds obovate-spathulate, narrowly lanceolate on larger fronds, 1.8–6 cm long, 4–7 mm wide, tapered to each end, semi-erect to pendent, slightly falcate, thinly coriaceous, dark green above, paler beneath; margins slightly irregular; apex broadly obtuse in the smaller fronds, attenuate in the larger fronds; venation obscure. Sori absent from the central band; paraphyses branched with short cone-like terminal cells.

Known from a single locality at the foot of Mt Bartle Frere NE QLD.

Lithophytic on moss among boulders in high rainfall forest. See note on distribution.

Named after botanist and naturalist R.L.(Bob) Jago, who collected the type near Mt Bartle Frere.