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Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk

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Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 11: 457, t. 19a (1879)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2016: Hymenophyllaceae. In: Breitwieser, I; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 16. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)

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Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1879: Description of a new species of Hymenophyllum. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11: 457–458.
1879
457, t. 19a
ICN
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
species
Hymenophyllum rufescens
From the Latin rufescens (reddish), a reference to the colour of the hairs on this species.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2016): South Island, Okarito, A. Hamilton, rec’d June 1878, K! (photo WELT E468/29)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum
rufescens

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Podocarpus hallii Kirk
CHR (3 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk

Rhizome very slender, clad in rather sparse soft long hairs, especially at the bases of the rather distant stipites. Stipes filiform, 2.5 cm. long, clad when young in slender pale brown hairs. Rhachis winged, clad densely to sparsely in flexuous hairs. Lamina 1-5 cm. or more long, deltoid-flabellate, pellucid, 2-pinnatifid, bearing scattered hairs; final segs oblong, obtuse. Sori slightly immersed. Indusium ovate-orbicular, 2-valved to base; valves entire or toothed, us. ciliolate. Receptacle not exserted.

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Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
Mecodium rufescens (Kirk) Copel.
Mecodium rufescens (Kirk) Copel.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk

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Hymenophyllum rufescens Kirk
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Etymology
From the Latin rufescens (reddish), a reference to the colour of the hairs on this species.
typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2016): South Island, Okarito, A. Hamilton, rec’d June 1878, K! (photo WELT E468/29)
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2016: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Hymenophyllaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 54(1): 48–62.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 June 2024
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