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Leptopteris Laxa
The ''Leptopteris'' is a small genus of ferns native to the New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. They are similar to ferns in the related genus ''Todea'', and were originally included in that genus. However, the very thin fronds of ''Leptopteris'' differ from the thick leathery fronds of ''Todea'', and the genera are considered distinct. A probable extinct species, ''Leptopteris estipularis'' is known from the Early Cretaceous of India. Species There are seven living species and one naturally-occurring interspecific hybrid.''Leptopteris'' C.Presl ''''. Retrieved 21 January 2024. * '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Fraseri
''Leptopteris fraseri'', commonly known as the crepe fern, is a species of plant occurring in eastern Australia. Its habitat is wet places, mostly on the Great Dividing Range. It is found in caves, near waterfalls, in dark shady places in the cooler rainforests. Description A fern with a trunk to one metre high, with one or more crowns. The arching fronds may be one metre long, on a stipe (botany), stipe between 20 and . The stem may be glaucous. Small reddish-brown hairs may also be seen. Fronds are relatively thin, between and wide. Mature sporangia are found under the fronds in irregular patterns, brownish-orange in colour. References External links * Osmundales Ferns of Australia Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Robert Kaye Greville Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker Plants described in 1829 {{Polypodiidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Hymenophylloides
''Leptopteris hymenophylloides'', which is commonly called single crepe fern is a fern in the family Osmundaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand at North Island: Northland, Auckland, Volcanic Plateau, Gisborne, Taranaki, Southern North Island. South Island: Western Nelson, Sounds-Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, Canterbury Otago, Southland Fiordland. Chatham Islands, Stewart Island Stewart Island (, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a la .... Altitudinal range: 10–950 m. The species has a predominantly northern distribution. It is abundant in much of the North Island, especially in lowland and montane areas, from 10 to 950 m, but is uncommon in truly coastal regions, especially on the east coast and in Taranaki. In the South Island it is more common in lowland regions, but extends lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferns Of Asia
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissues that conduct water and nutrients, and in having life cycles in which the branched sporophyte is the dominant phase. Ferns have complex leaves called megaphylls that are more complex than the microphylls of clubmosses. Most ferns are leptosporangiate ferns. They produce coiled fiddleheads that uncoil and expand into fronds. The group includes about 10,560 known extant species. Ferns are defined here in the broad sense, being all of the Polypodiopsida, comprising both the leptosporangiate ( Polypodiidae) and eusporangiate ferns, the latter group including horsetails, whisk ferns, marattioid ferns, and ophioglossoid ferns. The fern crown group, consisting of the leptosporangiates and eusporangiates, is estimated to have originated in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osmundales
Osmundaceae (royal fern family) is a family of ferns containing four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species. It is the only living family of the order Osmundales in the class Polypodiopsida (ferns) or in some classifications the only order in the class Osmundopsida. This is an ancient (known from the Upper Permian) and fairly isolated group that is often known as the "flowering ferns" because of the striking aspect of the ripe sporangia in ''Claytosmunda'', ''Osmunda'', ''Osmundastrum'', and ''Plensium'' (subtribe Osmundinae). In these genera the sporangia are borne naked on non-laminar pinnules, while ''Todea'' and ''Leptopteris'' (subtribe Todinae) bear sporangia naked on laminar pinnules. Ferns in this family are larger than most other ferns. Description The stems of Osmundaceae contain vascular tissue arranged as an ectophloic siphonostele; that is, a ring of phloem occurs on the outside only of a ring of xylem, which surrounds pith (and no other vascular tissue). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Wilkesiana
''Leptopteris wilkesiana'' is a species of tree fern. It is native to Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Samoan Islands, and Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o .... References {{Polypodiidae-stub Osmundales Flora of Fiji Flora of New Caledonia Flora of New Guinea Flora of Samoa Flora of Vanuatu Plants described in 1854 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Superba
''Leptopteris superba'', commonly called Prince of Wales feathers or common crape fern, is a fern in the genus '' Leptopteris''. It is considered endemic to New Zealand at North Island: Northland, Auckland, Volcanic Plateau, Gisborne, Taranaki, Southern North Island. South Island: Western Nelson, Sounds-Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Otago, Southland Fiordland. Stewart Island. Altitudinal range: 0–1600 m. ''Leptopteris superba'' has a predominantly southern distribution, occurring from Mt. Te Aroha southwards, apart from an isolated record (Rawlings 1972) from c. 700 m in Waipoua Forest (CHR 191223) and a 19th-century collection by E.M. Smith from Little Barrier Island (AK 119092). In the North Island it is common in montane forest from Te Aroha to Wellington, occurring from about 250 m up to 1400 m on Maungapōhatu in the Urewera Ranges. In the South Island it is abundant in wet forest on the west side of the Main Divide, in the Marlborough Sounds, and around Dunedin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, northeast of Sydney, and about southwest of Norfolk Island. It is about long and between wide with an area of , though just of that comprise the low-lying developed part of the island. The island is named after Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. Along the west coast is a sandy semi-enclosed sheltered coral reef lagoon. Most of the population lives in the north, while the south is dominated by forested hills rising to the highest point on the island, Mount Gower (). The Lord Howe Island Group comprises 28 islands, islets, and rocks. Apart from Lord Howe Island itself, the most notable of these is the volcanic and uninhabited Ball's Pyramid about to the southeast of Howe. To the north lies the Admiralty Group, a cluster of seven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Moorei
'' Leptopteris moorei '' is a fern in the family Osmundaceae. The specific epithet honours Charles Moore, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney from 1849 to 1896, who collected plants on Lord Howe Island in 1869. Description The fern has a 20–30 cm high trunk. Its 2- or 3-pinnatifid fronds are 0.5–1 m long and 30–45 cm wide. Distribution and habitat The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea; it only occurs on the summit of Mount Gower Mount Gower (also known as Big Hill), is the highest mountain on Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. With a height of above sea level, and a relatively flat summit plateau, it stands at the southern end of Lord Howe, jus ... at the southern end of the island. References Osmundales Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island Plants described in 1873 Ferns of Australia Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker Taxa named by Hermann Christ {{Polypodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptopteris Minuta
The ''Leptopteris'' is a small genus of ferns native to the New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. They are similar to ferns in the related genus ''Todea'', and were originally included in that genus. However, the very thin fronds of ''Leptopteris'' differ from the thick leathery fronds of ''Todea'', and the genera are considered distinct. A probable extinct species, ''Leptopteris estipularis'' is known from the Early Cretaceous of India. Species There are seven living species and one naturally-occurring interspecific hybrid.''Leptopteris'' C.Presl ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 21 January 2024. * ''Leptopteris alpina'' (Baker) C.Chr. – New Guinea and Seram * †''Leptopteris estipularis'' (Sharma, Bohra & Singh) Bomfleur, Grimm & McLoughlin [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands ( ; Moriori language, Moriori: , 'Misty Sun'; ) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island, Pitt Island (''Rangiauria''). They include New Zealand's easternmost point, the Forty-Fours. Some of the islands, formerly cleared for farming, are now preserved as Protected areas of New Zealand, nature reserves to conservation in New Zealand, conserve some of the unique flora and fauna. The islands were uninhabited when the Moriori people arrived around 1500 CE and developed Nunuku-whenua, a peaceful way of life. In 1835, members of the Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama Māori iwi from the North Island of New Zealand invaded the islands and Moriori genocide, nearly exterminated the Moriori, slavery, enslaving the survivors. In the period of European colonisation, the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
