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The king fern grows alongside streams, in rainforest gullies and other wet spots in tall open forest. Occasionally it is found in drier sites in rock crevices among sandstone or granite cliffs or rockfaces. [5] Todea barbara showing trunk King Fern closeup of frond.
Angiopteris evecta, commonly known as the king fern, giant fern, elephant fern, oriental vessel fern, Madagascar tree fern, or mule's foot fern, is a very large rainforest fern in the family Marattiaceae native to most parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. It has a history dating back about 300 million years, and is believed to have the longest ...
King fern is a common name for several ferns and may refer to: Ptisana salicina; Todea barbara, native to southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
Todea barbara L., known as the king fern, is native to South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia while Todea papuana H. is known only from Papua New Guinea. So far the fossil record of the genus Todea consists only of the permineralized rhizome Todea tidwellii from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island , Canada and the species Todea amissa ...
Ptisana salicina, or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical appearance, it has fronds up to 5 metres (16 feet +/-) tall that arise from a starchy base that was a traditional food for the Maori. [ 2 ]
This category contains articles related to the ferns native to Australia. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Australia" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, Australia as it is politically ...
True ferns are found over most of the country and are most abundant in tropical and subtropical areas with high rainfall. Australia has a native flora of 30 families, 103 genera and 390 species of ferns, with another 10 species being naturalised. The "fern allies" are represented by 44 native species of whisk ferns, horsetails and lycophytes. [30]
Fern genera and species native to Africa. Pages in category "Ferns of Africa" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.