Microsorum parksii (Copel.) Copel.

Rhizome woody, creeping, thick, to 5 mm wide; scales dark coloured. Fronds to 50 cm long. Blade to 40 cm or so long with up to 12 pairs of lobes, papery; margins wavy; veins inconspicuous. Segments mostly 15-20 cm long and about 1.5 cm wide. Stalks yellow-coloured. Sori round, slightly sunken, large in a single row on each side of the midrib.

Needs shelter and warmth.

Lord Howe I., Fiji, Samoa.

Segments long and narrow; sori large, slightly sunken.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Polypodiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Polypodiopsida
order     Polypodiales
family      Polypodiaceae
genus       Microsorum Link