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Selliguea simplicissima

Selliguea simplicissima
Photo: Tom Field, CC BY 4.0
Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Selliguea simplicissima is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.

Where it grows

This fern is endemic to northeastern Queensland, occurring from near Townsville to the area around Cooktown, mostly at altitude. It inhabits rainforest, and is most often seen growing on branches or trunks of trees as an epiphyte, but it will also grow on cliffs and boulders in protected areas.

Other Selliguea plants

Arthromeris elegans · Arthromeris mairei · Arthromeris · Gymnogrammitis · Paraselliguea · Selliguea feei · Spear Leaf Selliquea Fern · Selliguea plantaginea · Selliguea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selliguea simplicissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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