Sticherus lobatus

Spreading Fan Fern
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
  • Gleichenia lobata (N.A.Wakef.) S.L.Thrower
  • Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook.
  • Gleichenia flagellaris (Willd.) Spreng.
    •
  • Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching

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

  1. ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 314
  2. ↑ " Sticherus lobatus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-08-09.