Thelypteris Schmidel

Details

Name scientific

Thelypteris Schmidel, Icon. Pl., ed. Keller 3, 45, t. 11, 13 (1763)

Preferred name

Thelypteris Schmidel

Taxonomy reference

Holttum, R.E. 1977: The family Thelypteridaceae in the Pacific and Australasia. Allertonia 1: 169–234.

Linked name

Thelypteris Schmidel 1763

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Schmidel

Original authors

Schmidel

Publication place

Schmidel, C.C. 1763-1771: Icones Plantarum. ed. Keller. Fleischmann, Nürnberg.

Year published

1763

Publication page

3, 45, t. 11, 13

Nomenclatural status

conserved

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Thelypteris Schmidel

Type taxon

Thelypteris palustris Schott

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Thelypteris

Etymology

From the Greek thelys (female), and pteris (a fern), a name used by Theophrastus.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Thelypteridaceae

Genus

Thelypteris

Subordinates

Synonyms

Oreopteris Holub

Descriptions

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

Thelypteris Schmidel

Description

Rhizome dictyostelic, paleate; lamina us. pinnate, sts setose; veins all free or the lowest of adjacent segs uniting at or near sinus. Sori dorsal, us. small; indusium reniform-cordate or absent; spores bilateral. Copeland (Gen. Fil. 1947, 136) as against Alston (Kew Bull. 1932, 309) argues that is invalid, and that , 1824, should be adopted.