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Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl

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Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl, Arbeiten Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 23 (1892)
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. 1990: Pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 1. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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Prantl
Mett. ex Prantl
Prantl, K.A.E. 1892: Das System der Farne. Arbeiten aus dem Königl. Botanischen Garten zu Breslau 1: 1–38.
1892
23
Pichi Sermolli (Webbia 313-512, 1977), APNI and Tropicos cite the name as LeptolepiaPrantl, Arbeiten Konigl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 23 (1892), but how you can describe a genus without ascribing a species to it is a bit of mystery (L. novae-zelandiae was only described in 1899). Kramer in Kubitzki (1990) cites Leptolepia Mett. ex Diels in Engl. & Prantl (1899), which makes more sense (P.J. Brownsey 2012 pers. comm.).
ICN
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Leptolepia novae-zelandiae (Colenso) Mett. ex Diels
genus
Leptolepia
From the Greek lepto- (slender, small) and lepis (a scale), a reference to the nature of the indusia.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dennstaedtiaceae
Leptolepia

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

Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl

Sori near apex of segs; indusium free above, upper margin toothed; sporangia globose, stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores tetrahedral, finely tuberculate. Rhizome far-creeping, slender, solenostelic, clad in dark brown to ferruginous hairs. Lamina finely dissected, veins free. The N.Z. sp., or a closely allied one, occurs in Queensland and New Guinea.

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Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Leptolepia Prantl
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Leptolepia Prantl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Leptolepia Prantl
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy

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Etymology
From the Greek lepto- (slender, small) and lepis (a scale), a reference to the nature of the indusia.

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 March 2018
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