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tape fern
Haplopteris 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. This plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1799, published by the Swedish botanist Olof Swartz from a plant collected in Mauritius.
From the article Haplopteris ensiformis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Haplopteris ensiformis is a small epiphytic or lithophytic that has short-creeping, rhizomes densely covered in scales and ginger hairs. The dark green fronds are clustered, linear and pendant, about 6 mm (0.24 in) wide and up to 50 cm (20 in) long. Newly emerging fronds are pale pink or red. Sori are produced in continuous lines just inside the margins on the underside of the fronds.
Range & habitat
The species is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
East Tropical Africa: Tanzania South Tropical Africa: Zimbabwe Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles China: China South-Central, Hainan Eastern Asia: Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan Indian Subcontinent: India Indo-China: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Malesia: Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra Papuasia: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands Australia: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland Southwestern Pacific: Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu South-Central Pacific: Easter Islands, Marquesas, Tubuai Islands Northwestern Pacific: Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 517585.