Pteris umbrosa
Species of fern
Jungle brake | |
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Jungle brake from Dorrigo National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Pteridaceae |
Genus: | Pteris |
Species: | P. umbrosa |
Binomial name | |
Pteris umbrosa R.Br. |
Pteris umbrosa is a fern from eastern Australia. The habitat of the jungle brake is rainforest where it can form large colonies in shaded moist situations.[1] There are several populations of this fern in the northern suburbs of Sydney. However, it is not clear if they are indigenous or escapees from gardens.[2]
The botanist Robert Brown published this plant in the year 1810, in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.
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