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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels

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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4), 212, f. 11a, b (1899)
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels

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New Zealand
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(Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Colenso
Diels
1899
212, f. 11a, b
L. novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Kuhn, Chaetopterides 348 (1882) was accepted by Christensen in Index Filicum (1906). However, Pichi Sermolli (Webbia 32: 341-353, 1978) included Leptolepia Mett. ex Kuhn in a long list of invalidly published generic names. He described it as a nomen nudum, but I have not seen an original copy of the publication. Assuming that is correct, then the species name attributed to Kuhn must also be invalid (P.J. Brownsey 2012 pers. comm.).
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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae

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novae-zelandiae

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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels

Rhizome creeping, 1-3 mm. diam.; densely clad in dark reddish brown hairs. Stipes slender, 7-45 cm. long, firm; clad especially towards base in similar hairs. Rhachis bearing sparse hairs, especially at axils with costae, flexuose, grooved above. Lamina deltoid to ovate-oblong in outline, acuminate, subcoriac., pale green; 30-60 × 15-30 cm., tripinnate. Primary pinnae subopp. to alt., ovate- to lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, up to 15 × 5 cm. Secondary pinnae up to 6 × 1 cm., subopp. to alt., narrow ovate-oblong, acute. Tertiary pinnae up to 1 cm. or more long, pinnatisect with up to 7 segs. Segs narrow-triangular to oblanceolate, us. each bearing a sorus. Sori us. abundant even on small fronds, c. 1 mm. diam. Indusium broad-ovate to suborbicular, erose on upper margin, recurving in age and exposing sporangia.

Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels

n = c. 47

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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels

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Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
[Not available]
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
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Fiord
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
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Ruahine-Cook
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
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South Otago
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
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Thames

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39755d1d-c897-427b-b9f2-7c1cbe909f8a
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 July 2017
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