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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

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Colenso) C.Presl
Colenso
C.Presl
1847
18
ICN
species
Leptopteris superba
From the latin superbus (magnificent, superior), a reference to the striking appearence of this fern.

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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.

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
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Egmont-Wanganui
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Fiord
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Ruahine-Cook
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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South Otago
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
[Not available]
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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