Gleicheniaceae C.Presl

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Name scientific

Gleicheniaceae C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1, 70 (1825)

Preferred name

Gleicheniaceae C.Presl

Taxonomy reference

Shaw, S.W; Ranker, T.A. 2011: New and improved leaf terminology for Gleicheniaceae. American Fern Journal 101: 117–124.

Linked name

Gleicheniaceae

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

C.Presl

Original authors

C.Presl

Publication place

Presl, C.B. 1825–1830: Reliquiae Haenkeanae, seu, descriptiones et icones plantarum, quas in America meridionali et boreali, in insulis Philippinis et Marianis collegit Thaddaeus Haenke. Vol. 1. Calve, Prague.

Year published

1825

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Nomenclatural code

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Basionym

Gleicheniaceae C.Presl

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Gleicheniaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Gleicheniales

Family

Gleicheniaceae

Subordinates

Descriptions

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

Gleicheniaceae C.Presl

Description

Sori dorsal, exindusiate, in a single row on either side of mid-vein of pinnule. Sporangia 1-12 per sorus, seldom more, radiate about central receptacle; annulus complete, medial, transverse. Rhizome far-creeping, dichotomously branched, ± clad, as are stipites and rhachides, in slender hairs, and acuminate scales. Fronds us. much-branched by abortion or arrestment of terminal bud and elongation of subapical lateral pinnae. Veins free. Some 130 spp., mainly of genus Gleichenia, of tropical to south temperate regions.