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Pteris umbrosa

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Jungle brake
Jungle brake from Dorrigo National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Pteris
Species:
P. umbrosa
Binomial name
Pteris umbrosa

Pteris umbrosa is a fern from eastern Australia. The habitat of the jungle brake is rainforest where it can form large colonies in shaded moist situations.[1] There are several populations of this fern in the northern suburbs of Sydney. However, it is not clear if they are indigenous or escapees from gardens.[2]

The botanist Robert Brown published this plant in the year 1810, in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.

References

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  1. ^ "Pteris umbrosa". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. ^ Field Guide to the Bushland of the Lane Cove Valley - John Martyn ISBN 9780957839021 page 122