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Polypodium medullare G.Forst.

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Polypodium medullare G.Forst., Pl. Esc. 74 (1786)
Cyathea medullaris (G.Forst.) Sw.

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis commentatio botanica. Haude & Spener, Berlin.
1786
74
ICN
Polypodium medullare G.Forst.
species
Polypodium medullare
From the Latin medullaris (pithy), a reference to the pith of this species that was baked and eaten by Māori.
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): Nova Zelandia [New Zealand], Herb. G. Forster No. 287, BM 001048422!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Polypodiaceae
Polypodium
medullare

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2003): Nova Zelandia [New Zealand], Herb. G. Forster No. 287, BM 001048422!
Nicolson, D.H.; Fosberg, F.R. 2003: The Forsters and the Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772–1775). Regnum Vegetabile 139: 1–760.
Etymology
From the Latin medullaris (pithy), a reference to the pith of this species that was baked and eaten by Māori.

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scientific name
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1 January 2000
10 January 2014
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