Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl, Gefässbündel Farrn 18 (1847)
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Nomenclature
(Colenso) C.Presl
Colenso
C.Presl
1847
18
ICN
species
Leptopteris superba
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Descriptions
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
Taxonomic concepts
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Todea superba Colenso
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Etymology
From the latin superbus (magnificent, superior), a reference to the striking appearence of this fern.
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1 January 2000
15 March 2012