Athyriaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Diplazium bostockii
Diplazium bostockii D.L.Jones
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/178035
Rhizome not seen. Fronds arcuate. Stipe 40–60 cm long, black at the base, deeply 3-grooved. Lamina 4-pinnate, triangular, 60–80 cm long, 40–60 cm wide, firm, dark green. Pinnules oblong, 4–12 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, falcate; base broadly attached to the axis; margins nearly entire or lobed one-third of way to costule; lower margin not decurrent; apex caudate. Sori 1–1.5 mm long, 2–6 per pinnule, mostly single; indusium pale brown, not fragile.
Known from a single collection on the Atherton Tablelands, NE QLD.
Terrestrial in rainforest at about 700 m (see note on distribution).
Known only from the type collection. The status of this species is poorly understood. Named after Queensland Herbarium botanist Peter Bostock who collected the type.
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).