Gleichenia alpina | |
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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. |
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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.