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Polypodium dilatatum Hoffm.

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Polypodium dilatatum Hoffm., Deutschl. Fl. 2, 7 (1796)
Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A.Gray

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Hoffm.
Hoffm.
Hoffmann, G.F. 1796: Deutschland Flora. Vol. 2. J.J. Palm, Erlangen.
1796
7
ICN
Polypodium dilatatum Hoffm.
species
Polypodium dilatatum
From the Latin dilatatus (expanded), a reference to the enlarged basal basiscopic secondary pinnae on the lowermost primary pinnae in this species.
Lectotype (selected by Fraser-Jenkins 1980): original material apparently destroyed in MW during the Napoleonic wars, but typified by Hoffman’s reference to the illustration of O. Müller, Fl. Fridrichsd., t. 2, fig. 4 (1767).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Polypodiaceae
Polypodium
dilatatum

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Fraser-Jenkins 1980): original material apparently destroyed in MW during the Napoleonic wars, but typified by Hoffman’s reference to the illustration of O. Müller, Fl. Fridrichsd., t. 2, fig. 4 (1767).
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. 1980: Nomenclatural notes on Dryopteris: 4. Taxon 29: 607–612.
Etymology
From the Latin dilatatus (expanded), a reference to the enlarged basal basiscopic secondary pinnae on the lowermost primary pinnae in this species.

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1 January 2000
30 October 2023
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