Pteris umbrosa
| Jungle Brake | |
|---|---|
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| Jungle Brake from Dorrigo National Park, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales[1] |
| Family: | Pteridaceae[1] |
| Subfamily: | Pteridoideae[1] |
| Genus: | Pteris |
| Species: | P. umbrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteris umbrosa R.Br. | |
Pteris umbrosa is a fern from eastern Australia. The habitat of the Jungle Brake is rainforest where it can form large colonies in shaded moist situations.[2] There are several populations of this fern in the northern suburbs of Sydney. However, it is not clear if they are indigenous or escapees from gardens.[3]
The botanist Robert Brown published this plant in the year 1810, in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Christenhusz et al., 2011 Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Herald Scheider: "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns," Phytotaxa, 19: 7-54 (18 Feb. 2011)
- ↑ "Pteris umbrosa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
- ↑ Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley - John Martyn ISBN 9780957839021 page 122