Parapolystichum windsorensis

Dryopteridaceae

Parapolystichum windsorensis (D.L.Jones & B.Gray) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/3679549

Rhizome short-creeping, 1.5–2 cm thick, scaly at the apex. Scales 2.5–4.5 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide, dark brown; margins with long slender teeth. Fronds crowded. Stipe 55–75 cm long, scaly at the base. Lamina 3–4-pinnate, pentagonal, 25–70 cm long, 23–50 cm wide, bright green and glossy above, dull and paler beneath, thin; rachises and rachis grooves densely hairy; underside of main rachis and pinna rachises with short hairs. Ultimate segments oblong; margins thickened, with scattered sharp teeth; apex subacute. Sori terminal on the minor veinlets; indusium greenish to pale brown, without coloured glands. 

Endemic to NE QLD on the Windsor Tableland and upper Daintree River.

Terrestrial in montane rainforest, usually among rocks on creek banks.