Actinostachys wagneri (Selling) C.F.Reed

Species

Pteridophytes > Schizaeales > Schizaeaceae > Actinostachys

Characteristics

Rhizome short-creeping or suberect, clothed with long stiff brown hairs. Fronds clustered, few, weak, linear-terete, subterete when dry, 6–20 cm long, c. 0.5 mm diam., not constricted markedly below sporogenous lobes; surface rough due to scattered appressed short thick hairs. Sporogenous lobes (2–) 3 (–5), linear, tufted at apex, 7–15 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide. Sporangia in 2 rows, mixed with long, pale brown hairs.
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In Qld, it occurs as an epiphyte among bryophytes on logs and on tree bases, especially near streams.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Actinostachys wagneri world distribution map, present in Australia, India, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17367810-1
WFO ID wfo-0000151248
COL ID 64PQR
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Synonyms

Actinostachys wagneri Schizaea wagneri Schizaea paucijuga