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Pteris tremula R.Br.

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Pteris tremula R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 154 (1810)
Pteris tremula R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
154
ICN
Pteris tremula R.Br.
species
Pteris tremula
From the Latin tremulus (shaking), a reference to the trembling appearance of the frond in a light breeze.
Lectotype (selected by Green 1994): Port Jackson [Sydney, Australia], R. Brown Iter Austral. 4, 1802-5, BM 001044256!

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tremula

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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.

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Pteris affinis A.Rich.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
Pteris tenuis A.Cunn.
Pteris tremula R.Br.
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Pteris tremula var. tenuis (A.Cunn.) Domin
Pteris tremula R.Br.

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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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7a877b7a-349c-4c29-bb12-2824ab892f7a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 March 2021
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