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Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

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Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 43, t. 82 (1854)
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Smith, A.R.; Pryer, K.M.; Schuettpelz, E.; Korall, P.; Schneider, H.; Wolf, P.G. 2006: A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731.

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

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Hook.f.
J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1854–1855: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1854
43, t. 82
ICN
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
genus
Arthropteris
From the Greek arthro (jointed) and pteris (a fern), a reference to the nature of the fronds, which are jointed at their base.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Tectariaceae
Arthropteris

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

Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

Sori dorsal, in a single row on each side of costa, terminal on veinlets. Indusium round-reniform to vestigial. Sporangia of mixed maturation; spores oblong, with epispore. Rhizome epiphytic, far-creeping, solenostelic, paleate. Stipites articulated at or near rhizome. Fronds pinnate, articulated to rhachis; veins free. About 20 spp., mainly of New Guinea, New Caledonia and Madagascar. Genus published in Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 2, 1855, 53.

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Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Oleandraceae
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Oleandraceae
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Smith, A.R.; Pryer, K.M. et al. (2006)
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Tectariaceae Panigrahi

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Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
Cook Islands
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Etymology
From the Greek arthro (jointed) and pteris (a fern), a reference to the nature of the fronds, which are jointed at their base.

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da5d53f0-318a-4da4-99d0-4229539cb797
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 March 2018
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