Belvisia mucronata var. mucronata (Fée) Copel. APNI* Description: Rhizome densely covered with dark, clathrate, acuminate scales; scales triangular to broadly triangular, 3–7 mm long, 0.6–2 mm wide, dark brown to black, uniform in colour, clathrate; margins dentate.
Stipe 0.7–7.5 cm long. Lamina dark green, simple or sometimes 2-forked at the apex, 8–53 cm long, 5–30 mm wide excluding the narrow apical fertile portion, narrowed ±evenly to apex and base, constricted at junction with fertile portion; veins obscurely reticulate; fertile portion 2–25 cm long, 2–4 mm wide; paraphyses with laterally affixed or peltate blades, the latter round, 10–65 µm diam., brownish to black, with thick-walled cells.
Spores 60–82.5 µm long, 27.5–45 µm wide.
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs in eastern Qld and far north-eastern N.S.W. (rare); also from Sri Lanka to Polynesia. Epiphytic or lithophytic in rainforest or along creeks in moist open forest. Usually found forming small clumps on trees or rocks in rainforest.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
This species is considered data-deficient by Saving our Species (SoS, DPIE) which means a conservation project cannot be developed for it. Visit their website and contact SoS if you have additional information.
Text by E.A. Brown
Taxon concept: Flora of Australia 48
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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