Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke

Details

Name scientific

Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. Series 2, 1: 428 (1880)

Preferred name

Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

Nomenclature

Combination authors

C.B.Clarke

Original authors

Burm.f.

Authors

(Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke

Publication place

Clarke, C.B. 1880: A review of the ferns of northern India. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany Series 2, 1: 425–619.

Year published

1880

Publication page

428

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Polypodium lineare Burm.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Gleichenia linearis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Gleicheniales

Family

Gleicheniaceae

Genus

Gleichenia

Species

linearis

Descriptions

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

Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke

Description

Rhizome slender, clad in long narrow reddish brown fimbriate to laciniate scales. Stipes slender, smooth, 10-30 cm. long or more, often reduced. Branches repeatedly forked. Pinnae 10-30 cm. long, lanceolate in outline with pair of accessory pinnae up to 6 cm. long at base of lower forks. Pinnules 1-2 cm. or more long, linear, pale green; veins, at least lower ones, several times forked. Sori with 6-12 pale yellowish-white sporangia.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke

Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke

Allan, H.H. (1961)

Metadata

Record id

6bda557d-a90b-4ea7-ae08-993fd10d4080

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

12 June 2015

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