Lastreopsis microsora

Lastreopsis microsora
Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Polypodiales
Family:Dryopteridaceae
Genus:Lastreopsis
Species: L. microsora
Binomial name
Lastreopsis microsora

Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.[1] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".[2]

References

  1. ↑ Brownsey & Dodsworth, New Zealand Ferns, David Bateman Ltd Auckland 2000, ISBN 1869530039
  2. ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 312


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