Schizaea malaccana Baker

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with pale yellow-brown hairs. Fronds clustered, erect, undivided, subterete, 6–27 cm long, 0.7–0.9 mm wide, smooth but with scattered, short thick appressed hairs; upper surface flat to shallowly grooved; lower surface rounded with 2 narrow grooves; sterile fronds absent; sporogenous heads 5–10 mm long, 1.5–3 times longer than broad, narrowly triangular; segments 3–5 mm long with scattered appressed hairs; margins with coarse hair-like teeth. Sporangia not mixed with hairs.
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In Qld it grows in peaty soils on swamp margins.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Schizaea malaccana world distribution map, present in Australia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17220560-1
WFO ID wfo-0000151404
COL ID 79VD3
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Synonyms

Microschizaea malaccana Schizaea papuana Schizaea malaccana

Lower taxons

Schizaea malaccana var. robustior