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Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne

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Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Rep. Bot. Survey Tongariro Natl. Park 34 (1908)
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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(G.Forst.) Cockayne
G.Forst.
Cockayne
1908
34
ICN
species
Pteridium esculentum

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Rhizome stout, 5-15 mm. diam., much branched, subterranean; stipites distributed. Stipes 10-30-(50) cm. long, rigid, dark brown, shining, hairy when young. Rhachis stout, brown, hairy when young, with distant opp. to subopp. pinnae. Lamina 20-60-(100) cm. or more long; broadly deltoid to broadly ovate-oblong, coriac., dark green, ± hairy below and on costae and costules, 2-3-(4)-pinnate; veins free, mostly forked. Primary pinnae 5-20 × 2-10 cm., broad-ovate to deltoid, shortly stalked, subopp. to opp., often with single subbasal seg. Secondary pinnae alt., ovate-lanceolate: (a) lower up to 15 × 5 cm., very shortly stalked, pinnatisect to pinnate; segs linear, decurrent, up to 4 cm. long; main veins prominent, veinlets distinct. Upper with few segs to entire: (b) again distinctly pinnate; pinnules with a few basal lobes to entire, up to 2-4 cm. × 2-5 mm. Sori us. cop., continuous along margins of segs. Indusium inconspicuous.

Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne

n = 52
n = 52

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Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne

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Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne
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997bc9cf-c8d8-4da6-97c3-25b1ac5004aa
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 December 2016
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