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Schizaea Sm.

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Schizaea Sm., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 419 (1793)
Schizaea Sm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2014: Schizaeaceae. In: Breitwieser, I; Heenan, P.B.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 5. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Sm.
Sm.
Smith, J.E. 1793: Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Turin 5: 401–422.
1793
419
conserved
ICN
Schizaea Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
genus
Schizaea
From the Greek schizo (split, cut), a reference to the incised, dichotomously-divided frond segments.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Schizaeales
Schizaeaceae
Schizaea

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

Schizaea Sm.

Sporangia sessile in two rows on final, us. approximate, segs of lamina; spores bilateral. Rhizome short, stout, emitting clusters of slender erect fronds with narrow laminae at apex of stipes or its branches. Genus widespread, of about 30 spp.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Schizaea Sm.

n = c. 150

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Etymology
From the Greek schizo (split, cut), a reference to the incised, dichotomously-divided frond segments.

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c94bc869-1b6f-44cc-8a71-e311bb02683c
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 July 2022
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