Mother shield fern from Barrington Tops National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Division:
Polypodiophyta
Class:
Polypodiopsida
Order:
Polypodiales
Suborder:
Polypodiineae
Family:
Dryopteridaceae
Genus:
Polystichum
Species:
P. proliferum
Binomial name
Polystichum proliferum
(R.Br.) C.Presl
Polystichum proliferum, commonly known as mother shield fern is an Australian endemic fern. The genus name Polystichum is derived from Greek poly - many, and stichos - rows referring to the many rows of sori. The species name is derived from Latin, Proli – offspring and fer - bearing referring to the proliferous buds, a prominent feature of the species.
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distinctly aristate margins. Seen in warmer sites, unlike the related Polystichumproliferum which usually prefers mountain habitats. The type specimen was collected...
sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) trees with mother shield ferns (Polystichumproliferum), and tree ferns in the gullies. There are scattered king billy...
moisture to grow and resents dry soils. Polystichumproliferum Commonly known as mother shield fern Polystichumproliferum, favors moist cool areas with filtered...
which he named A. ebeneum var. proliferum. Willard Clute reduced its status from a variety to a form, A. ebeneum f. proliferum, in 1906. Similar specimens...
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