Parapolystichum microsorum

Parapolystichum microsorum, synonym (in part) Lastreopsis microsora, known as the creeping shield fern is a common small plant found in eastern Australia and New Zealand.^[2] The habitat is rainforest or moist sheltered eucalyptus forests. It may form large colonies. The specific epithet microsora translates to "small sori".^[3]

Parapolystichum microsorum
Mount Kembla, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Dryopteridaceae
Genus:	Parapolystichum
Species:	P. microsorum
Binomial name
Parapolystichum microsorum (Endl.) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran[1]
Synonyms[1]
P. microsorum subsp. microsorum: Aspidium acuminatum var. villosum Bailey Aspidium microsorum (Endl.) Kaulf. Lastreopsis microsora (Endl.) Tindale Dryopteris albovillosa Watts Dryopteris baileyana Domin Lastrea microsora (Endl.) C.Presl Nephrodium microsorum Endl. P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare: Aspidium pentangularum (Colenso) Colenso Ctenitis pentangularis (Colenso) Alston Nephrodium pentangularum Colenso

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. microsorum – Australia (eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales and eastern Victoria), Norfolk Island
• Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentagulare (Colenso) Labiak, Sundue & R. C. Moran – New Zealand and Chatham Island