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Polystichum torresianum Gaudich.

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Polystichum torresianum Gaudich. in Freycinet, Voy. Uranie, Bot. 333 (1828)
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching

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Gaudich.
Gaudich.
Freycinet, H.L.C. de 1826–1830: Voyage autour du monde, enterpris par ordre du roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l’Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les anneés 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Botanique. Pillet-ainé, Paris.
1828
333
ICN
Polystichum torresianum Gaudich.
species
Polystichum torresianum
Named in honour of Luís Vaz de Torres (b. 1565), a Spanish pilot on de Queirós’s expedition to the Pacific (1605–1607), after whom Torres Strait is named.
Lectotype (selected by Holttum 1977): Mariana Islands, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, P (n.v.)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum
torresianum

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Holttum 1977): Mariana Islands, C. Gaudichaud-Beaupré, P (n.v.)
Holttum, R.E. 1977: The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia. Allertonia 1: 169–234.
Etymology
Named in honour of Luís Vaz de Torres (b. 1565), a Spanish pilot on de Queirós’s expedition to the Pacific (1605–1607), after whom Torres Strait is named.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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