- ≡ Polypodium aureum L., Sp. Pl. 1087 (1753)
Phlebodium aureum is recognised by its long-creeping rhizomes, golden-brown rhizome scales, deeply pinnatifid fertile fronds that are glabrous, often glaucous, and lack hydathodes. The veins are reticulate, with several series of areoles between the costa and lobe margin, and one or two included veinlets in each. The sori are round, exindusiate and arranged in one or two rows either side of the costa. The species is very similar to Polypodium vulgare, but is distinguished by having the sori served by two veins in each areole rather than just one. It differs from species of Lecanopteris in lacking hydathodes on the adaxial lamina surface, and often having sori in more than one row either side of the costae.
North Island: Northland, Auckland.
Recorded from Kerikeri and Auckland city.
Occurs naturally in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas (Smith 1993).
Recorded as a pot contaminant found in association with cultivated plants purchased from a nursery.
Ogle et al. (2021). Voucher: AK 351756, 2014.