Lomaria nuda

Fishbone water fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Lomaria
Species:
L. nuda
Binomial name
Lomaria nuda
(Labill.) Willd.
Synonyms
  • Onoclea nuda Labill.
  • Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett.

Lomaria nuda, commonly known as the fishbone waterfern, is a fern that grows up to a metre tall, and is abundant in rainforest and eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia. The species is placed in the genus Lomaria in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), but is often retained in genus Blechnum as Blechnum nudum.