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Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching

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Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 310 (1963)
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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(Gaudich.) Ching
Gaudich.
Ching
1963
310
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species
Macrothelypteris torresiana

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Rhizome short, stipites crowded; stipes up to 6 cm. long, stiff, pale brown, sparingly paleate at base. Rhachis often densely pilose when young, becoming glabrate, pale brown to stramineous, c. 2 mm. diam.; costae with slender patent hairs. Lamina up to 1 m × 45 cm., about ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pale green, membr., bipinnate or rarely tripinnate; under surface ± clad in slender hairs. Primary pinnae alt., spreading, gradually tapering to acuminate apex; lowest 5-8 cm. long; mid pinnae increasing to 25 × 8 cm.; upper gradually decreasing to acuminate terminal seg. Secondary pinnae pinnatisect, up to 4 cm. × 5 mm. narrow-oblong, acute to acuminate or obtuse with toothed apex. Segs narrow-triangular to narrow-oblong, up to 5 mm. long, acute to obtuse and 2-3-cleft. Sori up to 5 pairs per seg., hardly 1 mm. diam. Indusium cordate-reniform, caducous.

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792f8f16-72fc-4f7a-91a6-a65aa1ddeb54
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
31 March 2015
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