Pneumatopteris pennigera
Pneumatopteris pennigera, commonly known as lime fern, gully fern, feather fern and piupiu,[1] is a small fern found in south eastern Australia and New Zealand. It grows along streams, and is also seen in areas of open forest.
| Lime fern | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
| Genus: | Pneumatopteris |
| Species: | P. pennigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pneumatopteris pennigera | |
This fern is found in Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand. Curiously, there is a record of it occurring in the northern Australian state of Queensland.[2] But there is not a reliable record of it occurring in New South Wales, which is south of Queensland and north of the other locations where this plant is known to exist.
References
- "Pneumatopteris pennigera". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
- "Pneumatopteris pennigera". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
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