- Microsorum pustulatum
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Microsorum pustulatum 
Microsorum pustulatum in Sherbrooke Forest, Victoria, Australia. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Pteridopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus: Microsorum Species: M. pustulatum Binomial name Microsorum pustulatum
(G.Forst.) Copel.Synonyms Microsorum diversifolium (G.Forst.) Copel
Microsorum pustulatum (kangaroo fern or hound's tongue) is a species of fern[1] within the Polypodiaceae family. This species occurs widely in New Zealand and also in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia.[2] An example occurrence on North Island, New Zealand is in the Hamilton Ecological District where it is associated with a number of other ferns including Blechnum filiforme and Blechnum discolor.[3]
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- D.J. Mabberley. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition, revised, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521820715, 9780521820714 1021 pages
- Peter G. Wilson. "Microsorum pustulatum". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Microsorum~pustulatum. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
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Categories:- Microsorum
- Fern species
- Ferns of New Zealand
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Flora of Tasmania
- Pteridophyta of Australia
- Fern stubs
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