Pneumatopteris truncata, also known as the Christmas Island fern, is a species of terrestrial fern in the Thelypteridaceae family.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
| Family: | Thelypteridaceae |
| Genus: | Pneumatopteris |
| Species: | P. truncata
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Description
editThe species grows as a large upright fern with 80–120 cm long fronds.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species is found in various sites in Asia, including India, southern China and Indochina. It also occurs on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the eastern Indian Ocean, where it inhabits permanently moist sites in deep shade. The extremely small Christmas Island population has been listed as Critically Endangered under Australia's EPBC Act.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pneumatopteris truncata (Christmas Island Fern)". Threatened Species and Ecological Communities. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia. 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
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