Polystichum fallax

Polystichum fallax
Growing at Mount Kaputar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Polystichum
Species:
P. fallax
Binomial name
Polystichum fallax

Polystichum fallax is a species of fern in the Dryopteridaceae family, and was first described in 1955 by Mary Tindale.[1][2]

The species is found from south-eastern Queensland to eastern New South Wales,[3] in open forest at moderate heights above sea level and often among rocks.[4]

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References

  1. ^ "Polystichum fallax". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. ^ Tindale, M.D. (1955). "Some notes on the genus Polystichum in south-eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales: 80: 54, t. II.
  3. ^ "Polystichum fallax Tindale | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  4. ^ D.L. Jones. "Polystichum fallax". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 11 January 2025.