Paesia scaberula

Paesia scaberula, the ring fern or mātata, is a lacy, creeping New Zealand fern that grows up to 115 centimetres (45 in) with yellow-green fronds, brown stalks and a distinctive smell.[2]

Paesia scaberula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Paesia
Species:
P. scaberula
Binomial name
Paesia scaberula
Synonyms[1]
  • Allosorus scaberulus (A.Rich.) C.Presl, 1836.
  • Ornithopteris scaberula (A.Rich.) J.Sm., 1875.
  • Pteris microphylla A.Cunn., 1837.
  • Pteris scaberula A.Rich., 1832.

Distribution

This fern can be found throughout the North and South Islands, Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands.[3]

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References
  1. "Paesia scaberula (A.Rich.) Kuhn, 1882". New Zealand Organisms Register (2012). Landcare Research, Alan Herbarium (Content Provider). Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. Andrew Crowe. A guide to the identification of New Zealand native ferns. Viking, Penguin Books 1997, p. 52.
  3. Cheeseman, T. F. (1906). Manual of the New Zealand flora. Wellington, New Zealand: J. Mackay, Govt. Printer. p. 971. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.12003. Retrieved 14 January 2016.


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