Microsorum grossum
Species of fern
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Microsorum grossum is a fern in the family Polypodiaceae, found in tropical areas of Australia and Oceania.[1][2]
| Microsorum grossum | |
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| Darwin, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Microsorum |
| Species: | M. grossum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microsorum grossum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phymatosorus grossus | |
It was introduced in Hawaii in the late 1910s and has subsequently naturalized rapidly. It is found on all main islands.[3] Its Hawaiian name lauaʻe[3] is thought to have originally referred to the native fern Microsorum spectrum.[4]
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