Pyrrosia eleagnifolia

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Pyrrosia
Species: P. eleagnifolia
Binomial name
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia
(Bory) Hovenkamp

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, commonly known as the leather-leaf fern is a climbing fern found in New Zealand. P. eleagnifolia can either grow from the ground or as an epiphyte.

Leather-leaf fern has thick, undivided fronds that are rounded and varied in length.[1]

References

  1. "Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp". nzflora.info. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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