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Christella dentata 
Christella dentata at Chatswood West, Australia Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Athyriales Family: Thelypteridaceae Genus: Christella[1] Species: C. dentata Binomial name Christella dentata
(Forssk.) Brownsey & JermySynonyms Cyclosorus nymphalis (G.Forst.)
Christella dentata is a small fern with widespread distribution in Australia and islands in the south Pacific Ocean. There are many local common names. In New South Wales it grows north from the southern Illawarra region and is known as Binung.
Found on the margins of rainforest, by streams or in more open forests with adequate moisture. Sori are circular in shape,[2] with a hairy closed covering.
It was the first species of fern to become naturalised on the Hawaiian Islands, recorded intiially in Oahu in 1887 and now found on all major islands there. There it interbreeds with the local species C. cyatheoides, with the resultant hybrid offspring sterile.[3]
References
- ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Christella_dentata/
- ^ "Christella dentata". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Christella~dentata. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
- ^ Daniel Dooley Palmer (2003). Hawaiʻi's ferns and fern allies. University of Hawaii Press. p. 85. ISBN 0824825225. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ueqM7dgyj0C&pg=PA85&dq=Konrad+Christ+ferns&hl=en&ei=Ypj-TZWwDYa2vwPe9uCeBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
Categories:- Thelypteridaceae
- Fern species
- Pteridophyta of Australia
- Ferns of New Zealand
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Flora of Norfolk Island
- Flora of Western Australia
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of New Zealand
- Flora of Lord Howe Island
- Invasive plant species in Hawaii
- Fern stubs
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