Dipteris conjugata

Dipteris conjugata
Dipteris conjugata in Taiwan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Dipteridaceae
Genus: Dipteris
Species:
D. conjugata
Binomial name
Dipteris conjugata
Synonyms[1]
  • Dipteris horsfieldii (R.Br. ex J.Sm.) Bedd.
  • Drynaria horsfieldii R.Br. ex J.Sm.
  • Phymatodes conjugata C.Presl
  • Polypodium conjugatum (Reinw.) Kaulf.
  • Polypodium dipteris Blume
  • Polypodium horsfieldii R.Br.

Dipteris conjugata is a species of fern in the family Dipteridaceae. It has a rhizome, and 2-3 tall stems with mid green or dark green fronds, which have several divisions to toothed lobes. It is grows in clearings, mountain ridges and in forest margins, from tropical and temperate Asia, northern Queensland in Australia and some islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has limited native medicinal uses.

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