| Narrow comb fern | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Schizaeales |
| Family: | Schizaeaceae |
| Genus: | Schizaea |
| Species: | S. fistulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizaea fistulosa | |
Schizaea fistulosa, the narrow comb fern is a small plant found in a variety of habitats. Widespread but a fairly uncommon fern found in southern Australia. Also seen in other countries such as New Zealand, Chile and New Caledonia. A low plant, 4 to 30 cm tall in moist situations.[1] The specific epithet fistulosa means "tube shaped".
This plant first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1807, published in the Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. Described from a Tasmanian plant by the French botanist, Jacques Labillardière.
References
- ↑ "Schizaea fistulosa". PlantNet New South Wales Flora Online; author Peter G. Wilson. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
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