Tmesipteris alticola

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Tmesipteris alticola
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Psilotales
Family: Psilotaceae
Genus: Tmesipteris
Species:
T. alticola
Binomial name
Tmesipteris alticola
Perrie & Brownsey

Tmesipteris alticola is a species of fern in the family Psilotaceae. [1] [2] Tmesipteris alticola was formally described by Leon R. Perrie and Patrick J. Brownsey in 2023. [3]

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Physical appearance

The obovate leaves and conic synangia of T. alticola distinguishes it from all other species of its genus Tmesipteris. It is considered Near Threatened [1] .

Geography

It is Endemic to Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Tmesipteris alticola is known only from four mountains in Province Sud: Mont Mou, Mont Humboldt, Mont Kouakoué, and Mont Ouin. [4] They are found in Yaté and Païta [4] .

References

  1. 1 2 Perrie, Leon R.; Amice, Rémy; Shepherd, Lara D.; Brownsey, Patrick J. (2025-01-02). "Tmesipteris alticola (Psilotaceae), a new fern species endemic to New Caledonia". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 63 (1): 53–65. Bibcode:2025NZJB...63...53P. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2023.2240737. ISSN   0028-825X.
  2. ↑ "Tmesipteris alticola". NCBI Taxonomy browser. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Ferns - Psilotaceae J.W. Griff. & Henfr. - Tmesipteris alticola Perrie & Brownsey". publish.plantnet-project.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  4. 1 2 "Endemia.nc". endemia.nc (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-19.
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