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Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Family Thelypteridaceae
Common name: binung

Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy APNI*

Synonyms: Cyclosorus dentatus (Forssk.) Ching APNI*
Cyclosorus nymphalis (G.Forst.) Ching APNI*

Description: Rhizome short-creeping, covered with dark red-brown scales 8–10 mm long and c. 1 mm wide.

Fronds mostly 40–80 cm long; stipe variable in length, short-hairy; lamina dark green, 1-pinnate with pinnae shallowly pinnatifid, to 90 cm long; basal 2–4 pairs of pinnae gradually reduced in size, basal pinnae 3–5 cm long; pinnae with lower surface bearing short hairs on the veins, lobes cut half to two-thirds of the way to midrib.

Sori circular, indusium hairy.


Other photo
Photo J. & P. Edwards

Distribution and occurrence: Forms tussocks along stream banks, on rainforest margins or in open forest; north from Cambewarra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NWS, NFWP, LHI
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: P.D. Bostock (1998)


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