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Gleichenia ×punctulata Colenso

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Gleichenia ×punctulata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 16: 344 (1884)
Gleichenia ×punctulata Colenso

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Colenso
Colenso
Colenso, W. 1884 ("1883"): A further contribution towards making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 325–363.
1884
344
ICN
Gleichenia ×punctulata Colenso
species
Gleichenia ×punctulata
From the Latin punctulatus (minutely dotted), a reference by Colenso to the “shining dots”, of unknown origin, that produce the glaucous or white colour on the abaxial surface of the lamina of Gleichenia dicarpa and its hybrids. These dots can coalesce to give a uniform covering.
Lectotype (designated by Perrie & Brownsey 2015): Great Barrier Island, C.P. Winkelmann s.n., WELT P003355/A-B!, but excluding the piece at lower-left on sheet P003355/B.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Gleicheniales
Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia
×punctulata

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Gleichenia dicarpa R.Br. × Gleichenia microphylla R.Br.

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typification
Lectotype (designated by Perrie & Brownsey 2015): Great Barrier Island, C.P. Winkelmann s.n., WELT P003355/A-B!, but excluding the piece at lower-left on sheet P003355/B.
Perrie, L.R.; Brownsey, P.J. 2015: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Gleicheniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53: 183–191.
Etymology
From the Latin punctulatus (minutely dotted), a reference by Colenso to the “shining dots”, of unknown origin, that produce the glaucous or white colour on the abaxial surface of the lamina of Gleichenia dicarpa and its hybrids. These dots can coalesce to give a uniform covering.

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21 April 2015
28 December 2023
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