Blechnum fullagari (F.Muell.) C.Chr. APNI* Synonyms: Blechnum fullagarii (F.Muell.) C.Chr. APNI*
Blechnum fullageri (F.Muell.) C.Chr. APNI*
Description: Terrestrial or lithophytic fern. Rhizome prominent; apical scales narrow, twisted, c. 1.5 cm long, long-pointed.
Fronds dimorphic, clustered; stipe 5–10 cm long, with dense setose hairs and narrow scales, especially towards base. Lamina of sterile fronds pinnate or deeply pinnatifid, elliptic in outline, 30–50 cm long, 8–14 cm broad, with dense, dark brown, setose hairs on rachis and costae, scattered below; pinnae 15–25 pairs, entire, blunt at apex, often contiguous or sometimes overlapping slightly; longest pinnae 5–7 cm long, 1.2–2 cm broad in the middle; basal pinnae gradually reduced in length; veins mostly forked twice; pinnae in lower half of frond auriculate; upper pinnae ± adnate.
Lamina of fertile fronds pinnate; pinnae 15–20 pairs, linear, 3–6 cm long. Sori continuous, indusiate when young.
Distribution and occurrence: Endemic to Lord Howe Island. Confined to the cloud-forest on the top of Mt. Gower.
NSW subdivisions: LHI
Text by P.S. Green (1994)
Taxon concept: P.S. Green (1994)
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