Tmesipteris Bernh.
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Tmesipteris Bernh., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 131 (1801)
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Nomenclature
Bernh.
Bernh.
1801
131
ICN
Tmesipteris Bernh.
genus
Tmesipteris
Classification
Subordinates
- Tmesipteris elongata
- Tmesipteris fowerakeri
- Tmesipteris horomaka
- Tmesipteris lanceolata
- Tmesipteris lanceolata
- Tmesipteris sigmatifolia
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tannensis
- Tmesipteris tugana
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Sporangia 2-celled, coriac.; cells elongate, pointed, constricted at junction, septum across narrowest diam., terminal on short lobes that bear two lf-like lobes just below insertion of sporangium. Plant us. epiphytic, with pend. axis. Lobes ∞, lf-like, flattened laterally, decurrent, irregularly two-rowed. Lower part of aerial axis with scale-like lobes or nearly naked. One polymorphic sp.: Australia, Tasmania, N.Z., Pacific Islands.
Taxonomic concepts
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris Bernh.
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Etymology
From the Greek tmesis (a cutting, or incision), and pteris (a fern), a reference to the sporophyll being forked, as if cut into two.
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1 January 2000
25 February 2015