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Asplenium hookerianum Colenso, Tasmanian J. Nat. Sci. 2: 169 (1845)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Orchard, A.E. (ed.) 1998: Ferns, Gymosperms and Allied Groups. Flora of Australia. Vol. 48. ABRS and CSIRO, Melbourne. ABRS/CSIRO, Canberra and Melbourne.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Colenso
Colenso
Colenso, W. 1845: A classification and description of some newly discovered ferns, collected in the Northern Island of New Zealand, in the summer of 1841–2. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 2: 161–189.
1845
169
ICN
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
species
Asplenium hookerianum
Named in honour of Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), botanist and later Director of Kew Gardens, London, who visited New Zealand in 1841 during the Antarctic Voyage of James Clark Ross in HMS Erebus and Terror.
Lectotype (selected by Allan 1961): Valley of Hinuera, near Waikato River, between Matamata and Maungatautari, W. Colenso, Jan. 1842, WELT P003211!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
hookerianum

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

Asplenium hookerianum Colenso

Rhizome short, erect, clad in dense linear-acuminate paleae c. 1 cm. long; stipites tufted, paleate at base. Stipes slender, 2-15 cm. long, ± paleate. Rhachis slender, compressed, densely paleate to nude, with about 11 lateral pinnae. Lamina ovate-oblong to lanceolate-oblong, acuminate to acute, dark green, membr., bipinnate to pinnate, 5-15-(25) × 2.5-5-(10) cm. Pinnae stalked to subsessile, ovate- to narrow-oblong, 2.5-8 cm. × 15-20 mm. Pinnules few ((3)-5-(10)), 5-10 × 3-10 mm., obovate-oblong to rhomboid, stalked to subsessile, obliquely cuneate at base, crenate- to inciso-serrate; veinlets forked. Sori remote from margin, 2-4 mm. long, oblong, sts confluent and covering most of undersurface of pinnule; indusium firm.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore

Rhachis very slender to filiform; lamina membr., delicate; pinnae again pinnate to pinnatisect; segs narrow-linear, obtuse, c. 2-5 mm. long; sori 2-4 mm. long, submarginal.
Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Asplenium hookerianum Colenso

Rhizome short, erect, bearing numerous brown, ovate, acuminate scales up to 10 × 2 mm. Stipes 2-10 cm long, pale brown below, green above, densely covered in small, subulate to narrowly ovate scales with filiform apices (Fig. 17T-Z). Laminae lanceolate to rhombic, 4—25 × 1-15 cm, dark green, thin, normally bipinnate but often pinnate when young and almost tripinnate in well-grown specimens. Raches green, slender, and very scaly. Pinnae 5-15 pairs, very narrowly ovate to ovate, obtuse to acuminate, long-stalked, 1-8 × 0.5-2 cm, basal pair pointing upwards when fresh. Pinnules stalked, 3-10 pairs, linear to suborbicular, crenate to deeply incised (or almost pinnate), 3-12 × 3-10 mm, tending to lie at 90° to plane of frond in well-grown specimens. Sori sub-marginal on narrow pinnules, remote from margins on broad segments, 1-3 mm long. Spores (25)31-37(42) mcm long, (19)23-27(33) mcm wide (9 populations), perispore very prominently winged and ridged (Fig. 30G-H).
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Asplenium hookerianum Colenso

n = 72
n = 72
n = 72

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Asplenium adiantoides Raoul
Asplenium adiantoides Raoul
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium adiantoides var. colensoi (Colenso) Hook.f.
Asplenium adiantoides var. colensoi (Colenso) Hook.f.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium adiantoides var. hookerianum (Colenso) Hook.f.
Asplenium adiantoides var. hookeriana (Colenso) Hook.f.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium adiantoides var. minus Hook.f.
Asplenium adiantoides var. minus Hook.f.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium colensoi Colenso
Asplenium colensoi Colenso
Brownlie, G. (1958)
Asplenium colensoi Colenso
Aspleniaceae Newman
Asplenium colensoi Colenso
Asplenium colensoi Colenso
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Orchard, A.E. (1998)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso var. hookerianum
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso var. hookerianum
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Asplenium ornatum Colenso
Asplenium ornatum Colenso
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium richardii var. colensoi (Colenso) Hook.
Asplenium richardii var. colensoi (Colenso) Hook.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
Asplenium symmetricum Colenso
Asplenium symmetricum Colenso
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso

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Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
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Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
172 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
8 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
43 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
43 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
12 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Otago Land District
11 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
14 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Southland Land District
11 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
10 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
90 Link to an external page
Asplenium hookerianum Colenso
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso) T.Moore
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
1 Link to an external page

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Etymology
Named in honour of Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), botanist and later Director of Kew Gardens, London, who visited New Zealand in 1841 during the Antarctic Voyage of James Clark Ross in HMS Erebus and Terror.
typification
Lectotype (selected by Allan 1961): Valley of Hinuera, near Waikato River, between Matamata and Maungatautari, W. Colenso, Jan. 1842, WELT P003211!
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
29 August 2017
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