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Gleichenia alpina

Gleichenia alpina
Gleichenia alpina - Walls of Jerusalem.jpg
Gleichenia alpina in Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
Genus: Gleichenia
Species: G. alpina
Binomial name
Gleichenia alpina
R.Br.
Synonyms
  • Mertensia alpina (R.Br.) Poir.
  • Gleichenia dicarpa var. alpina (R.Br.) Hook.f.
  • Platyzoma alpinum (R.Br.) Desv.
  • Calymella alpina (R.Br.) C.Presl

Gleichenia alpina, commonly known as alpine coral-fern, is a small fern species that occurs in Tasmania and New Zealand. It grows in alpine and subalpine areas with moist soils.

The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810.



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