| Spreading fan fern | |
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| Spreading fan fern at Mount Budawang, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Gleicheniales |
| Family: | Gleicheniaceae |
| Genus: | Sticherus |
| Species: | S. lobatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sticherus lobatus | |
| Synonyms | |
Sticherus lobatus, known as the spreading fan fern, is a small fern found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a common and attractive plant, similar to S. flabellatus but with additional lobed segments.[1] It often forms colonies in open forest areas or on the edge of rainforests.[2]
References
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 314
- ↑ " Sticherus lobatus". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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