Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

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Name scientific

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 80 (1786)

Preferred name

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Taxonomy reference

Perrie, L.R.; Shepherd, L.D.; Brownsey, P.J. 2005: Asplenium xlucrosum nothosp. nov.: a sterile hybrid widely and erroneously cultivated as "Asplenium bulbiferum". Plant Systematics and Evolution 250: 243–254.

Linked name

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Perrie, L.R.; Shepherd, L.D.; Brownsey, P.J. (2005)

Nomenclature

Original authors

G.Forst.

Authors

G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.

Year published

1786

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Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Asplenium bulbiferum

Etymology

From the Latin bulbifer (carrying bulbs), a reference to the bulbils or vegetative plantlets borne on the fronds of this species.

Typification

Lectotype (selected by Brownsey 1977): New Zealand, Dusky Bay, Messrs Forster, BM 1048369!

Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Aspleniaceae

Genus

Asplenium

Species

bulbiferum

Subordinates

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

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

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Description

There is a considerable range in stature and plants only 10 cm. tall may bear sori.

Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.

Description

Rhizome short, stout, erect, bearing ovate scales up to 15 × 5 mm. Stipes 5-30 cm long, brown on underside, green above, stout, covered in small brown ovate scales. Laminae lanceolate to elliptic, 15-120 × 7-30 cm, bi- to tripinnate, sometimes bearing bulbils. Raches green, scaly, prominently grooved. Pinnae 15—30 (or more) pairs, ovate to narrowly ovate, acuminate, shortly stalked, 3-20 × 1-5 cm, scaly on underside, basal pair pointing downwards when fresh. Secondary pinnae sessile or shortly stalked, very narrowly elliptic to ovate or elliptic, obtuse, deeply serrate or sometimes almost pinnate, decreasing in size from base to apex, basal acroscopic pinnule often enlarged (up to 4 × 1 cm). Ultimate pinnules narrowly oblong, ± entire to crenate-serrate, up to 1 cm long. Sori numerous, broad, submarginal, 2-4 mm long. Perispore of spores irregularly ridged (Fig. 30K-N).

Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst. subsp. bulbiferum

Description

Stipe scales ovate, lacking long apical projections (Fig. 17A-E). Laminae pale green, usually bulbiferous. Spores (33)41-48(55) mcm long, (21)28- 32(37) mcm wide (3 populations).

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.