Vittaria ensiformis

Vittaria ensiformis, commonly known as the tape fern, is a species of epiphytic fern. In eastern Australia, it grows in rainforests north from the Watagan Hills in the south, to tropical Queensland and the Northern Territory in the north.[1][2] This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1799, published by the Swedish botanist Olof Swartz from a plant collected in Mauritius.

Tape fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Vittaria
Species:
V. ensiformis
Binomial name
Vittaria ensiformis
Synonyms

Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane

References

  1. Peter G. Wilson. "Vittaria ensiformis". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
  2. "Vittaria ensiformis". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved January 27, 2020.


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