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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.

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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 369 (1837)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2016: Hymenophyllaceae. In: Breitwieser, I; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 16. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)

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A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
Cunningham, A. 1837: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 222–233, 327–336, 358–378.
1837
369
ICN
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
species
Hymenophyllum flexuosum
From the Latin flexuosus (flexuose), a reference to the flexuous wing on the stipe and rachis.
Holotype: Wangaroa [Whangaroa], R. Cunningham, 1834, Herbarium Hookerianum, K! (photo WELT E468/22)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum
flexuosum

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

Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.

Rhizome rather slender, densely clad when young in bristly hairs; stipites distant to approximate. Stipes 5-10 cm. long, rather slender, furnished nearly to base with broad crenulate, ± crisped, wing. Rhachis slender, crenulately winged. Lamina 3-15 cm. long, bright green, darkening with age, broadly triangular, us. acuminate, 2-3-pinnatifid; final segs linear to linear-lanceolate, obtuse, somewhat undulate. Sori often ∞, free. Indusium 1-1·5 mm. long, suborbicular, 2-valved to base; valves entire, rounded. Receptacle not exserted.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.

n = 36

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Hymenophyllum australe var. flexuosum (A.Cunn.) C.Chr.
Hymenophyllum australe var. flexuosum (A.Cunn.) C.Chr.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng.
Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand.
Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Brownlie, G. (1961)
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2016)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Mecodium flexuosum (A.Cunn.) Copel.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.

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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Egmont-Wanganui
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Ruahine-Cook
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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South Otago
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Thames
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Volcanic Plateau
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Hymenophyllum flexuosum A.Cunn.
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Western
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typification
Holotype: Wangaroa [Whangaroa], R. Cunningham, 1834, Herbarium Hookerianum, K! (photo WELT E468/22)
Etymology
From the Latin flexuosus (flexuose), a reference to the flexuous wing on the stipe and rachis.

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87471e88-d7f7-48af-8bea-5bfa60e57e31
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 June 2024
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