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Lygodium Sw.

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Lygodium Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 7, 106 (1801)
Lygodium Sw.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Sw.
Sw.
1801
7, 106
conserved
ICN
Lygodium Sw.
genus
Lygodium
From the Greek lygodes (twining, pliant), a reference to the climbing fronds.

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Lygodium

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Lygodium Sw.

Sporangia subtended by an indusium-like outgrowth, marginal in biseriate spikes; spores tetrahedral. Rhachis of indefinite growth, high-climbing, twining; secondary rhachides very short, each bearing a pair of compound pinnae. Fertile pinnae copiously divided. About 40, mainly tropical to subtropical, spp. The N.Z. sp. is endemic.

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Lygodium Sw.
New Caledonia

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Etymology
From the Greek lygodes (twining, pliant), a reference to the climbing fronds.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 August 2013
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