Citation: T. Moore, Ind. Fil. 119 (1857).

Synonymy: Acrostichum barbarum L., Sp. Pl. 1072 (1753); Osmunda barbara (L.) Thunb., Prod. Pl. Cap. 171 (1800); T. africana Willd., Abh.Akad. Wiss. Erfurt 1:14 (1802).

Common name: King fern.

Description:
Rhizome short, erect, to 30 cm tall (in S.Aust.); fronds to 2 m long, lanceolate, clustered at the top of the rhizome; pinnules serrate, fertile pinnules towards the base of the lamina on the lower half of the pinnae; sporangia borne in oval-oblong sori but frequently confluent and covering the surface of the pinnules.

	A, portion of lamina; B, pinnule; C, sporangium
Image source: fig. 23 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Blombery (1973) What wildflower is that?, p. 274.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand; South Africa. 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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