Family: Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia microphylla
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 161 (1810).
Synonymy: G. circinata sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 39 (1943), non Sw.
Common name: Coral fern.
Description:
Rhizome long-creeping, paleate at first but becoming glabrous, wiry; fronds small, pinnate or bipinnate or developing 2 or more tiers of pinnae and growing to 1-2 m high; the primary pinnae forked once or twice; ultimate segments flat or slightly incurred when dry, c. 1.5 mm long, suborbicular; sori of 2-4 pale-yellow sporangia.
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Image source: fig. 24 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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It can form dense thickets to 1.5 m tall in sclerophyll forest but occurs as dense low mounds in open swamps.
S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. All States except N.T.. New Zealand; Malaya.
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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:
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Author:
Not yet available
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