Pellaea nana
| Pellaea nana | |
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| At Mount Wilson rainforest, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Pellaea |
| Species: | P. nana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pellaea nana (
Hook.) Bostock | |
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Pellaea nana, known as dwarf sickle fern, is a
Victoria, this plant is considered rare.[3]
The specific epithet nana is derived from the Latin word nanus meaning dwarf (it is a small plant).
The fronds are usually 20 to 50 cm long. Each frond has between 25 and 65 leaflets. These pinnae (fern leaflets) have a short stalk or no stalk, oblong to narrow-oblong in shape. Each pinna is 25 mm long and 2.5 to 7 cm wide. The fronds are dark green, paler below. The sori are about 1 mm wide.
References
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Pellaea nana". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
- ^ Christenhusz et al., 2011 Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Herald Scheider: "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns," Phytotaxa, 19: 7-54 (18 Feb. 2011)
- ^ "Rare or Threatened Plants of Victoria" (PDF). Department of Primary Industries, Victoria.
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