Family: Thelypteridaceae
Christella dentata
Citation:
Brownsey & Jermy. Brit. Fern Gaz. 10:338 (1973).
Synonymy: Polypodium dentatum Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 185 (1775); Dryopteris parasitica sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 38 (1943), non (L.)Kuntze., Cyclosorus parasiticus sensu H. Eichler, Suppl. 29 (1965), non (L.)Farwell.
Common name: Soft shield-fern, binung.
Description:
Rhizome slow-creeping; stipes clustered; base of the stipe and rhizome clad with narrow brown setose scales; fronds pinnate; submembranous; stipe and rhachis stramineous, pilose; lamina, costae and costules pilose, pinnae pinnatifid, the lobes obliquely cut about half to two-thirds to the midrib, the lowermost pairs sometimes becoming reduced and distant; sori orbicular, indusium pilose.
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Image source: fig. 44b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 44a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 44c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Jones & Clemesha (1981) Australian ferns and fern-allies, pl. 41.
Distribution:
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Widespread throughout the tropics and subtropics of the Old World. Occurs along the Murray River on damp banks or in hollows in the limestone cliffs.
S.Aust.: FR, EP, MU. Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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