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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl

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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl, Gefässbündel Farrn 18 (1847)
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.
Names_Fungi record source Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl 1847

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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C.Presl
Colenso
(Colenso) C.Presl
Presl, C.B. 1847: Die Gefässbündel im Stipes der Farrn. Haase, Prague.
1847
18
ICN
Todea superba Colenso
species
Leptopteris superba
From the latin superbus (magnificent, superior), a reference to the striking appearence of this fern.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Osmundales
Osmundaceae
Leptopteris
superba

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is host of
Colura saccophylla E.A.Hodgs. & Herzog
CHR (1 records from [Not available].) Link to an external page

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

Todea superba Colenso

Stock stout, up to 1 m. tall, us. less. Fronds crowded, spreading, up to 12 dm. long; stipites dark brown, densely to sparsely clad in woolly brownish hairs, or almost nude, up to 15 cm. long and 5 mm. or more diam. Rhachides us. densely clad in woolly hairs. Lamina tripinnate, about lanceolate in outline, acuminate. Primary pinnae close-set, uppermost under 3 cm. long, mid up to 15 cm., lowest 3 cm. or less. Pinnules pinnatisect, overlapping, pellucid, up to 2 cm. long. Sporangia along vein of pinnule, mainly in lower half of pinnae.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl

n = 22
n = 22
2n = c. 42
n = 22
n = 22

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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownlie, G. (1958)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownsey, P.J. (1981)
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
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Leptopteris C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2014)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
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Osmundaceae Martinov
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Large, M.F.; Braggins, J.E. (1991)
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Leptopteris C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Manton, I. (1950)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Rawlings, G.B. (1972)
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Todea superba Colenso
Todea superba Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Todea superba Colenso
Todea Willd. ex Bernh.

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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Egmont-Wanganui
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Fiord
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Ruahine-Cook
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South Otago
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Volcanic Plateau
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Etymology
From the latin superbus (magnificent, superior), a reference to the striking appearence of this fern.

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a13eecb2-6ff5-4ea0-881a-1706d1454c45
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 March 2012
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