Pteridaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Antrophyum plantagineum
Antrophyum plantagineum (Cav.) Kaulf.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/96146
Fronds with a distinct stipe 5–10 cm long, scaly at the base, abruptly expanded into the lamina. Lamina elliptic to obovate, 10–20 cm long, 3.5–8 cm wide, tapered to each end, pendent, coriaceous, bright green; apex acuminate to subcaudate; venation prominent abaxially, with long narrow areoles. Sori prominent; paraphyses numerous, branched, with clavate terminal cells.
In Australia it occurs in NE QLD between Iron Range and Johnstone River. Also in Malesia and Pacific Islands.
Epiphytic or lithophytic, usually on granite boulders or basal rock faces in high rainfall complex vine forest.
In some areas this species occurs in highly seasonal forest and appears to die back annually during drought.
Very slow to establish but can be cultivated in a pot of coarse draining organic material or on a moist slab in a shaded tropical garden or fernery.
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).