Cystopteris Bernh.

Details

Name scientific

Cystopteris Bernh., Neues J. Bot. 1(2): 5, 26 (1805)

Preferred name

Cystopteris Bernh.

Linked name

Cystopteris Bernh. 1805

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Bernh.

Authors

Bernh.

Publication place

Bernhardi, J.J. 1805: Dritter Versuch einer Anordnung der Farrnkräuter. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 1–50.

Year published

1805

Publication page

5, 26

Nomenclatural status

conserved

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Cystopteris Bernh.

Type taxon

Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Cystopteris

Etymology

From the Greek kustos (bladder) and pteris (fern), a reference to the inflated base of the indusium in these ferns.

Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2018: Cystopteridaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 23. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Cystopteridaceae

Genus

Cystopteris

Subordinates

Descriptions

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

Cystopteris Bernh.

Description

Sori globose; indusium delicate, attached at base, elsewhere free. Sporangia globose, without paraphyses; spores reniform, smooth to muriculate. Rhizome short, clad in brown broad attenuate paleae. Lamina thin, flaccid, pinnate to bipinnate; veins free. A few spp. of uncertain delimitation.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Cystopteris Bernh.

Description

Terrestrial ferns. Rhizomes slender, blackish, decumbent or creeping, scaly. Fronds 2-3-pinnate, sparsely scaly, delicate, often dying down in winter; veins free. Sori round, borne on veins. Indusia ovate or hood-like, attached across the veins on basiscopic side of sori, arching over the sporangia. Spores monolete.