Parapolystichum microsorum
Appearance
(Redirected from Lastreopsis microsora)
Parapolystichum microsorum | |
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Mount Kembla, Australia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
Genus: | Parapolystichum |
Species: | P. microsorum
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Binomial name | |
Parapolystichum microsorum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:
P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:
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Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.[2] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. microsorum – Australia (eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria), Norfolk Island
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentagulare (Colenso) Labiak, Sundue & R. C. Moran – New Zealand and Chatham Island
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Parapolystichum microsorum", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.20, retrieved 2020-01-20
- ^ Brownsey & Dodsworth, New Zealand Ferns, David Bateman Ltd Auckland 2000, ISBN 1869530039
- ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 312