Parapolystichum microsorum
Species of fern
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Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.[2] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".[3]
| Parapolystichum microsorum | |
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| Mount Kembla, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Dryopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Parapolystichum |
| Species: | P. microsorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Parapolystichum microsorum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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P. microsorum subsp. microsorum:
P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare:
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Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized:[1]
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. microsorum – Australia (eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria), Norfolk Island
- Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentagulare (Colenso) Labiak, Sundue & R. C. Moran – New Zealand and Chatham Island
