Dryopteridaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Parapolystichum rufescens
Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/3679029
Rhizome long-creeping, 5–15 mm thick, scaly towards the apex; scales 0.5–1 mm long, 0.2–0.4 mm wide, dark brown to black. Fronds crowded to scattered. Stipe 8–45 cm long, scaly at the base. Lamina 2–4-pinnate, broadly triangular to pentagonal, 10–30 cm long, 10–25 cm wide, dark green and dull to glossy above, paler and dull beneath, thin to coriaceous, glabrous above with appressed coloured glandular hairs beneath; rachises hairy on both surfaces. Ultimate segments oblong to lanceolate; margins crenate or with a few sharp teeth towards the broadly rounded apex. Sori medial on veinlets, exindusiate.
Found between Carbine Tableland and Shoalwater Bay QLD. Also in Asia, Malesia and the Pacific Islands.
Terrestrial in rainforest, usually in mid-montane to high montane areas.
Field AR, Quinn CJ, Zich FA (2022) Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. apps.lucidcentral.org/fern/text/intro/index.htm (accessed online INSERT DATE).
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