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Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.

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Gleichenia flabellata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 161 (1810)
Sticherus flabellatus (R.Br.) H.St.John

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R.Br.
R.Br.
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
1810
161
ICN
Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.
species
Gleichenia flabellata
From the latin flabellatus (fan-shaped), a reference to the shape of the frond.
Lectotype (designated by Perrie & Brownsey 2015): Port Jackson, [New South Wales,] R. Brown Iter. Austral. 109, BM 001038249!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Gleicheniales
Gleicheniaceae
Gleichenia
flabellata

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

Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.

Rhizome stout, up to 6 mm. diam., clad in subulate, acuminate, ± laciniate, reddish brown scales. Stipes stout, up to 40 cm. long and 5 mm. wide, smooth and polished except near base. Branches several, ascending, pinnate almost to base. Pinnae 10-30 cm. long, lanceolate in outline, ascending. Pinnules 3-5 cm. long, coriac., narrow-linear, serrulate towards apices; dark green above, paler green below, with or without scales; veins once-forked. Sori cop.; sporangia 3-5 per sorus, yellowish-brown.

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Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.
Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)

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Gleichenia flabellata R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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typification
Lectotype (designated by Perrie & Brownsey 2015): Port Jackson, [New South Wales,] R. Brown Iter. Austral. 109, BM 001038249!
Perrie, L.R.; Brownsey, P.J. 2015: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Gleicheniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53: 183–191.
Etymology
From the latin flabellatus (fan-shaped), a reference to the shape of the frond.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 April 2015
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