Pteridaceae
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
Pteris semipinnata
Pteris semipinnata L.
Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/120232
Rhizome short, ascending, scaly. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe 20–40 cm long, dark purple, glossy. Lamina oblong, 1-pinnate, 30–40 cm long, with 5–9 pairs of pinnae, chartaceous, glabrous; basal pinnae with a broad continuous wing on the acroscopic side, incompletely 1-pinnate-pinnatifid on the basiscopic side. Ultimate segments 2–5 cm long, 5–12 mm wide; sterile margins sharply serrate; apex acute; veins free, once-forked.
An introduced species recorded once from the Cairns to Babinda region in NE QLD.
Terrestrial in mesic rainforest.
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).