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Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 100 (1801)
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(G.Forst.) Sw.
G.Forst.
Sw.
1801
100
ICN
species
Hymenophyllum demissum
From the Latin demissus (hanging down), a reference to the habit of the frond.

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Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.

Rhizome rather slender, with scattered hairs when young; stipites rather distant. Stipes 5-15 cm. long, rather slender, glab., very narrowly winged for some distance, or wingless. Rhachis slender, narrowly winged, sts obscurely so in lower part. Lamina 5-15 cm. long, bright green, ovate-deltoid to lanceolate, acuminate; 3-4-pinnatifid; final segs linear, not crowded, obtuse to retuse; margins partly 2-celled, especially in sinuses. Sori us. ∞, free. Indusium hardly 1 mm. long, 12-valved to base; valves entire to crenulate. Indusia often paired, the pairs sometimes fused, but retaining two receptacles. Receptacles not exserted or hardly so.

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Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
Mecodium demissum (G.Forst.) Copel.
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.

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Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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Etymology
From the Latin demissus (hanging down), a reference to the habit of the frond.

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03e6face-8ef6-4e90-bc74-e8453552c161
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1 January 2000
28 March 2014
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