Sticherus lobatus
Spreading Fan Fern | |
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Spreading Fan Fern at Mount Budawang, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Pteridophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
Order: | Gleicheniales |
Family: | Gleicheniaceae |
Genus: | Sticherus |
Species: | S. lobatus |
Binomial name | |
Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. | |
Synonyms | |
Sticherus lobatus, known as the Spreading Fan Fern is a small fern found in eastern and southern Australia. A common and attractive plant, similar to S. flabellatus but with additional lobed segments.[1] Often forming colonies in open forest areas, or on the edge of rainforests.[2]
References
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 314
- ↑ " Sticherus lobatus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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