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Pteris cretica L.

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Pteris cretica L., Mant. Pl. 130 (1767)
Pteris cretica L.
Names_Fungi record source Pteris cretica L. 1767

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1767: Mantissa Plantarum. Stockholm.
1767
130
ICN
Pteris cretica L.
species
Pteris cretica
cretica (Latin) – from the island of Crete from where this species was first collected.
Lectotype (selected by Tryon 1964): Crete, Arduino s.n., LINN 1246.7 (!online; see Jarvis 2007)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Pteris
cretica

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Pteris cretica L.

Rhizomes short-creeping, scaly. Stipes 25-75 cm long, ± devoid of scales except at very base. Laminae ovate or broadly ovate, 20-40 × 10-30 cm, 1-pinnate or with lower pinnae forked. Primary pinnae in 2-7 pairs, widely spaced, linear, tapering to acute apices, entire or minutely crenate at apices, 12-27 × 0.8-1.8 cm; upper pinnae adnate; lower pinnae stalked. Sori occupying whole of both margins of pinnae except at apices, protected by reflexed margins.

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Pteris cretica L.
Pteris cretica L.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2012)
Pteris cretica L.
Pteris cretica L.
Pteris cretica L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Subtropicals, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2005), p. 16,17: a number of cultivars grown in New Zealand

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Pteris cretica L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Pteris cretica L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Pteris cretica L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Pteris cretica L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Pteris cretica L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Tryon 1964): Crete, Arduino s.n., LINN 1246.7 (!online; see Jarvis 2007)
Jarvis, C.E. 2007: Order out of chaos: Linnaean plant names and their types. Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum.
Etymology
cretica (Latin) – from the island of Crete from where this species was first collected.

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1 January 2000
2 March 2021
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