Gleichenia dicarpa

Gleicheniaceae

Gleichenia dicarpa R.Br.

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/113752

Rhizome 1.5–3 mm diam., at first bearing brown lanceolate ciliate scales. Fronds of 1–4 tiers of branches, 10–200 cm or more long; lower tiers often branching, usually more than 15 cm wide. Stipes scattered along rhizome, 6–95 cm long, bearing brown lanceolate ciliate scales; rachis bearing weak brown to white often matted stellate hairs and ciliate scales. Pinnules glabrous above or with scattered hairs along costa, with sparse or dense whitish to ferruginous ciliate scales along costa below; ultimate segments 0.8–1.5 mm long, 0.8–2 mm wide, ±round, obtuse, flat or slightly convex above, pouched below; undersurface white, rarely green. Sori exindusiate, each of two sporangia.

Widespread along the E coast and hinterland from Torres Strait QLD to Tasmania. Also in Malesia and the Pacific Islands.