Schizaea bifida Willd.

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Name scientific

Schizaea bifida Willd., Abh. Kurfürstl.-Mainz. Akad. Nützl. Wiss. Erfurt. 2(5): 30, t. 3, fig. 3 (1802)

Preferred name

Schizaea bifida Willd.

Taxonomy reference

Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Willd.

Authors

Willd.

Publication place

Willdenow, C.L. von 1802: Bemerkungen über einige seltene Farrenkräuter. Abhandlungen der Kurfürstlich-Mainzischen Akademie nützlicher Wissenschaften zu Erfurt 2(5): 1–32.

Year published

1802

Publication page

30, t. 3, fig. 3

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Schizaea bifida Willd.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Schizaea bifida

Etymology

From the Latin bifidus (bifid), a reference to the dichotomously branching frond segments.

Typification

Holotype: Nova Hollandia [Australia], leg. F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, Herb. Willdenow, B (W 19489-01 0, image!)

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Schizaeales

Family

Schizaeaceae

Genus

Schizaea

Species

bifida

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

forked comb fern

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Schizaea bifida Willd.

Description

Rhizome up to 5 mm. or more diam., clad in brown hairs. Stipes (including branches) 10-30 cm. long, c. 1 mm. diam., strict to somewhat flexuous, scabrid by minute asperities; branches 2-3, rarely more, 5-15 cm. long, narrowly winged. Lamina up to 2 cm. long and 1 cm. broad; segs secund, approximate, fringed, 10-20, up to 1cm. long. Sporangia distinctly less than 0·5 mm. diam.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.