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Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy

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Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy, Brit. Fern Gaz. 10: 338 (1973)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2022: Thelypteridaceae. Edition 2. In: Glenny, D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand - Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 16. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Names_Fungi record source Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy 1973

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)

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Brownsey & Jermy
Forssk.
(Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Jermy, A.C. 1973: A fern collecting expedition to Crete. British Fern Gazette 10: 331–384.
1973
338
ICN
Polypodium dentatum Forssk.
species
Christella dentata

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Thelypteridaceae
Christella
dentata

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

Thelypteris dentata (Forssk.) E.P.St.John

Rhizome erect or very shortly creeping; stipites approximate. Stipes 10-60 cm. long, slender, clad in spreading hairs when young. Rhachis pale brown, us. rather densely clad, as are costae, in slender hairs. Lamina up to 1 m. × 3 dm., pale green, oblong-lanceolate, membr., at first ± pilose, later glabrate. Lower pinnae reduced. Pinnae ∞, rather distant, patent, tapering from base to acuminate apex, up to 15 × 2 cm.; pinnatifid to halfway or more. Segs close-set, lowest up to 1 cm. long, oblong, obtuse to subacute, subfalcate. Lower veinlets uniting at or near narrow sinus. Sori us. cop., 1-1·5 mm. diam., close-set but not coalescing, up to 7 pairs per seg., about medial, often none or few on lowest segs. Indusium cordate-reniform, at first bearing delicate hairs.

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Christella aff. dentata (a) (CHR 472870; Kaitaia)
Christella aff. dentata (a) (CHR 472870; Kaitaia)
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B. et al. (1999)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B. et al. (1999)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
Christella aff. dentata (b) (AK 126902; "thermal")
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Bostock, P.D. (1998)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownlie, G. (1961)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Jermy, A.C. (1973)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2022)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (1989)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B. et al. (1999)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Heenan, P.B. et al. (2010)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Murray, B.G.; Datson, P.M. (2004)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Holttum, R.E. (1976)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Holttum, R.E. (1977)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Holttum, R.E. (1986)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Palmer, D.D. (2003)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Smith, A.R. (1971)
Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy
Cyclosorus nymphalis (G.Forst.) Ching
Cyclosorus nymphalis (G.Forst.) Ching
Brownlie, G. (1961)
Thelypteris dentata (Forssk.) E.P.St.John
Thelypteris dentata (Forssk.) E.P.St.John
Allan, H.H. (1961)

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2822d22b-5874-486a-b0da-360b282019f1
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 September 2025
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