Botrychium australe R.Br.
![Botrychium australe. Mature plant with sterile and fertile laminae. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Leon Perrie 2014. [Image: 21VZ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21VZ/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of fertile lamina showing sessile sporangia on the lamina branches; the spores have been shed. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Leon Perrie 2014. [Image: 21W0]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W0/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Sterile lamina with broad, obtuse segments and green coloration. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2011. [Image: 21W1]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W1/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Sterile lamina with broad, obtuse segments and bronze coloration. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2011. [Image: 21W2]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W2/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Mature plant with sterile and fertile laminae. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1967. [Image: 22UA]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UA/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of undehisced mature sporangia on fertile lamina. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1969. [Image: 22UB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UB/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of individual sporangia splitting to release spores. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1979. [Image: 22UC]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UC/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Uncoiling frond showing circinate vernation. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1967. [Image: 22UD]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UD/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 633371. Creator: J. Dent. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1RKT]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1RKT/SysPortalThumb)
![Botrychium australe. Mature plant with sterile and fertile laminae. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Leon Perrie 2014. [Image: 21VZ]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21VZ/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of fertile lamina showing sessile sporangia on the lamina branches; the spores have been shed. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Leon Perrie 2014. [Image: 21W0]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W0/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Sterile lamina with broad, obtuse segments and green coloration. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2011. [Image: 21W1]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W1/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Sterile lamina with broad, obtuse segments and bronze coloration. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2011. [Image: 21W2]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/21W2/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Mature plant with sterile and fertile laminae. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1967. [Image: 22UA]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UA/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of undehisced mature sporangia on fertile lamina. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1969. [Image: 22UB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UB/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Close-up of individual sporangia splitting to release spores. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1979. [Image: 22UC]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UC/SysPortalPreview)
![Botrychium australe. Uncoiling frond showing circinate vernation. Creator: J.E. Braggins. © John Braggins 1967. [Image: 22UD]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/22UD/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 633371. Creator: J. Dent. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1RKT]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1RKT/SysPortalPreview)
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Botrychium australe R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 164 (1810)
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Biostatus
Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
164
ICN
Botrychium australe R.Br.
species
Botrychium australe
Lectotype (selected by Chinnock 1998): Parramatta, Port Jackson [Sydney, New South Wales], R. Brown Iter. Austral. 119,1802–05, BM 001038216!
Classification
Vernacular names
Synonyms
- Botrychium australe var. erosum (Milde) Prantl
- Botrychium australe var. typicum R.T.Clausen
- Botrychium cicutarium sensu Hook.f.
- Botrychium cicutarium var. virginicum (Hook.f.) Linds.
- Botrychium erosum Milde
- Botrychium ternatum sensu F.Muell.
- Botrychium ternatum var. australasiaticum γ erosum (Milde) Milde
- Botrychium ternatum var. australe (R.Br.) Domin
- Botrychium ternatum var. erosum (Milde) Milde
- Botrychium virginicum sensu Hook.f.
- Sceptridium australe (R.Br.) Lyon
Descriptions
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Rhizome erect, stout, up to 3 cm. or more long; roots crowded, fleshy. Fronds 2-5-pinnate or dissected, fleshy, us. solitary, 5-50 cm. tall; stalks stout, basal appendages up to 5 mm. long. Sterile lamina 5-15 cm. long and broad, broadly deltoid in outline, ultimate pinnules 3-5 mm. wide. Fertile lamina us. longer and narrower; sporangia globular, crowded, sessile or subsessile, c. 1 mm. diam.
Taxonomic concepts
Botrychium australe R.Br.
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Botrychium australe R.Br.
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Botrychium australe R.Br.
Collections
Notes
typification
Lectotype (selected by Chinnock 1998): Parramatta, Port Jackson [Sydney, New South Wales], R. Brown Iter. Austral. 119,1802–05, BM 001038216!
Etymology
From the Latin australis (southern), a reference to the southern hemisphere distribution of this plant.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
11 March 2015
