Leptopteris
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The fern
genus Leptopteris is a small group of plants found growing in the Pacific Islands, New Guinea
and Australia
. They are similar to ferns in the related genus Todea
.
Species include:
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
genus Leptopteris is a small group of plants found growing in the Pacific Islands, New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They are similar to ferns in the related genus Todea
Todea
The fern genus Todea is known from only two living species. 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...
.
Species include:
- L. alpina
- L. fraseriLeptopteris fraseriLeptopteris fraseri, known as the Crepe Fern is a plant occurring in eastern Australia. The habitat is wet places, mostly on the Great Dividing Range. It is found in caves, near waterfalls, in dark shady places in the cooler rainforests....
- Crepe Fern, Australia - L. hymenophylloidesLeptopteris hymenophylloidesLeptopteris hymenophylloides is a fern in the genus Leptopteris. It can be found in Australia.-External links:*http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylerosenblad/5708815906/*http://www.flickr.com/photos/kylerosenblad/5708812506/...
- Single Crepe Fern - L. intermedia
- L. laxa
- L. marginata
- L. moorei
- L. sumatrana
- L. superbaLeptopteris superbaLeptopteris superba is a fern in the genus Leptopteris. It can be found in Australia. It is characterized by having large fronds with large sporangia on their undersides. is elliptical...
- Prince of Wales Feather - L. wilkesiana