Pellaea nana
| Dwarf Sickle Fern | |
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| Pellaea nana at Mount Wilson rainforest, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilanthoideae |
| Genus: | Pellaea Link |
| Species: | P. nana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellaea nana (Hook.) Bostock | |
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Dwarf Sickle Fern, known as Pellaea nana is a fern species in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.[1] It grows in eastern Australia, in rainforest or moist eucalyptus forest, often on rocks, cliffs and large boulders. Also found growing on Lord Howe Island. The original specimen was collected by Allan Cunningham at the Brisbane River. In the state of Victoria, this plant is considered rare.[2] The specific epithet nana is derived from the Latin word nanus meaning dwarf. As this is a small plant.
Fronds usually are 20 to 50 cm long. Fronds have between 25 to 65 leaflets. These pinnae (fern leaflets) have a short stalk or no stalk, oblong to narrow-oblong in shape. 25 mm long, 2.5 to 7 cm wide. Fronds are dark green, paler below. Sori are about 1 mm wide.
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References
- ↑ Christenhusz et al., 2011 Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Herald Scheider: "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns," Phytotaxa, 19: 7-54 (18 Feb. 2011)
- ↑ "Rare or Threatened Plants of Victoria" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Victoria.