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Davallia Sm.

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Davallia Sm., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 414, t. 9, f. 6 (1793)
Davallia Sm.
von Konrat, M. J.; Braggins, J. E.; de Lange, P. J. 1999: Davallia (Pteridophyta) in New Zealand, including description of a new subspecies of D. tasmanii. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 579–593.
Names_Fungi record source Davallia Sm. 1793

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Sm.
Sm.
Smith, J.E. 1793: Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Turin 5: 401–422.
1793
414, t. 9, f. 6
ICN
Davallia Sm.
Davallia canariensis (L.) Sm.
genus
Davallia
Named in honour of Edmond Davall (1763–1798), a Swiss botanist who bequeathed his herbarium to J.E. Smith, author of the genus.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Davalliaceae
Davallia

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

Davallia Sm.

Sori terminal on veinlets; indusium elongate, attached by base and sides. Sporangia long-stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores oblong-reniform, hyaline. Rhizome elongate, dictyostelic; paleae ciliate; stipes articulated to rhizome; lamina decompound, coriac.; veins free. About 40 epiphytic spp., mostly of E. Asia and Polynesia, but extending to Madagascar, Natal and N.Z.

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Micronesia, Federated States Of
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New Caledonia
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Niue
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Sri Lanka
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United Kingdom
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Etymology
Named in honour of Edmond Davall (1763–1798), a Swiss botanist who bequeathed his herbarium to J.E. Smith, author of the genus.

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1 January 2000
19 March 2018
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