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Pneumatopteris truncata, the Christmas Island fern, is a large upright terrestrial fern from Asia and Christmas Island, with fronds up to about 120 cm long. It grows best in deep shade with constantly moist soil and humid air.
Pneumatopteris truncata, also known as the Christmas Island fern, is a species of terrestrial fern in the Thelypteridaceae family.
The species is found in various sites in Asia, including India, southern China and Indochina. It also occurs on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean, where it inhabits permanently moist sites in deep shade. The extremely small Christmas Island population has been listed as Critically Endangered under Australia's EPBC Act.
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