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Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.

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Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 364 (1881)
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.

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

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J.B.Armstr.
Hook.
(Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Armstrong, J.B. 1881: A natural arrangement of the New Zealand ferns founded on the system of Smith's "Historia Filicum", with critical notes on certain species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13: 359–368.
1881
364
cystostigium
The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and should be spelt as it was originally published by Hooker.
ICN
Aspidium cystostegia Hook.
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Polystichum cystostegia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Polystichum
cystostegia

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

Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.

n = 82
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.

Rhizomes short, erect. Stipes and rachises densely scaly; scales broad, uniformly pale orange-brown. Laminae narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic, 2-pinnate at base (3-pinnate in largest specimens), 6-25 × 2-6 cm. Primary pinnae in 15-25 pairs, ovate to broadly ovate, the largest 1-3 × 0.8-2.5 cm. Secondary pinnae in 2-7 pairs, ovate, to 12 × 7 mm, deeply incised or bearing 1-2 pairs of tertiary pinnae. Sori round, crowded, often confined to upper pinnae, protected by very convex, uniformly pale brown, peltate indusia.

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Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegium (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Brownlie, G. (1958)
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegium (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Polystichum Roth
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegium (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegium (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Polystichum cystostegium (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Polystichum cystostegia (Hook.) J.B.Armstr.
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90f0b9aa-d5e7-4492-a53a-1e8033ce38f1
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 June 2021
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