Pteris tremula R.Br.
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Pteris tremula R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 154 (1810)
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
154
ICN
Pteris tremula R.Br.
species
Pteris tremula
Lectotype (selected by Green 1994): Port Jackson [Sydney, Australia], R. Brown Iter Austral. 4, 1802-5, BM 001044256!
Classification
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Descriptions
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Rhizome short, erect, clad in dark brown linear-attenuate paleae; stipites tufted. Stipes (5)-30-60 cm. × c. 1-2 mm., dark brown and paleate near base, stiff, erect, smooth, shining and light brown above. Rhachis glabrate, with rather distant subopp. to alt. pinnae. Lamina (8)-30-90 cm. or more × (4)-30-60 cm. or more, ovate-deltoid, bright green, membr., 2-4-pinnate. Veins all free, mostly forked. Primary pinnae (5)-20-40 × 2-15 cm., subopp. to alt., shortly stalked, ovate-deltoid to ovate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Secondary pinnae up to 15 × 5 cm., subsessile, ovate to oblong, shallowly crenate-serrate on upper margin. Tertiary pinnae or segs 15-40 × 3-6 mm., crenately toothed, sessile, decurrent, oblong, obtuse. Fertile pinnae with segs up to 25 × 4 mm., lobed to entire. Sori cop., continuous along margins, often to tip and base.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
n = c. 120
Taxonomic concepts
Pteris affinis A.Rich.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tenuis A.Cunn.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tremula var. tenuis (A.Cunn.) Domin
Pteris tremula R.Br.
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Green 1994): Port Jackson [Sydney, Australia], R. Brown Iter Austral. 4, 1802-5, BM 001044256!
Etymology
From the Latin tremulus (shaking), a reference to the trembling appearance of the frond in a light breeze.
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 March 2021