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Pteris esculenta G.Forst.

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis commentatio botanica. Haude & Spener, Berlin.
1786
74
ICN
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
species
Pteris esculenta
From the Latin esculentus (edible), a reference to the use of bracken rhizomes as a food source, especially by Māori.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey 1989): Nov. Zeeland [New Zealand], Herb. G. Forster 258, BM 001048405!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Pteris
esculenta

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Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
Thomson, J.A. (2012)
Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey 1989): Nov. Zeeland [New Zealand], Herb. G. Forster 258, BM 001048405!
Brownsey, P.J. 1989: The taxonomy of bracken (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2: 113–128.
Etymology
From the Latin esculentus (edible), a reference to the use of bracken rhizomes as a food source, especially by Māori.

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1 January 2000
13 December 2016
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