Tmesipteris alticola

Short description: Species of fern

Tmesipteris alticola

Scientific classification
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]

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2023.2240737. ISSN 0028-825X. Bibcode: 2025NZJB...63...53P. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2023.2240737.
2. ↑ "Tmesipteris alticola". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=node&id=3136035&lvl=.
3. ↑ "Ferns - Psilotaceae J.W. Griff. & Henfr. - Tmesipteris alticola Perrie & Brownsey". http://publish.plantnet-project.org/project/florical/collection/florical/taxons/details/37421.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Endemia.nc" (in fr). http://endemia.nc/flore/fiche9386.

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