Diplazium assimile Bedd.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Athyriaceae > Diplazium

Characteristics

Rhizome ± erect, to 4 cm long, scaly; scales glossy, dark brown to black, with paler margins. Fronds arcuate. Stipe 15–50 cm long, black at the base, deeply 3-grooved. Lamina 3-pinnate, broadly triangular, 25–55 cm long, 15–40 cm wide, membranous, brittle, pale green. Pinnules oblong, 5–13 mm long, 1.5–9 mm wide; base narrowly attached to the axis; margins bluntly toothed or lobed two-thirds of the way to the costule; apex obtuse. Sori 1–3 mm long, 4–8 per pinnule, mostly single; indusium pale brown, not fragile. See also Green (1994: 598).
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Grows in moist areas of open forest and rainforest. On Norfolk Island frequent in shaded valleys in the National Park, often near streams (Green 1994).
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Diplazium assimile world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17085850-1
WFO ID wfo-0001286899
COL ID 6D9WG
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Synonyms

Asplenium assimile Athyrium assimile Diplazium assimile Asplenium umbrosum var. tenerum Athyrium umbrosum var. tenerum Asplenium umbrosum var. cristovalense Diplazium umbrosum var. assimile