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Athyrium Roth

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New Zealand
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Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2018)

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Roth
Roth
Roth, A.W. 1799: Tentamen Florae Germanicae. Vol. 3. Gleditsch, Leipzig.
1799
31, 58
ICN
Athyrium Roth
Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
genus
Athyrium
From the Greek a (without) and thyra (door), a reference to the late opening or reflexing of the indusia to expose the sporangia.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Athyriaceae
Athyrium

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

Athyrium Roth

Sori dorsal; indusium us. elongate and curved across veinlet at distal end of sorus, or interrupted at distal end and produced on both sides of veinlet. Sporangia with slender stalks; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores bilateral. Rhizome dictyostelic, us. erect, sts creeping. Stipes with 2 vascular strands us. uniting above. Fronds us. large and decompound, veins rarely anastomosing. In a wide sense a genus of some 600 widely distributed spp., by some split into a number of genera.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Athyrium Roth

Terrestrial ferns. Rhizomes erect to long-creeping, scaly. Fronds 1-3-pinnate, scaly at least on stipes; veins free. Sori round or usually elongate, on one side of a vein, sometimes also developed distally on the second side. Indusia reniform, elongate or hook-shaped, attached laterally, opening towards midrib. Spores monolete.

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Athyrium Roth
Athyrium Roth
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Athyrium Roth
Athyrium Roth
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2018)
Athyrium Roth
Athyriaceae Alston
Athyrium Roth
Athyrium Roth
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. (2011)
Athyriaceae Alston
Athyrium Roth
Athyrium Roth
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Athyrium Roth
Dryopteridaceae Herter
Athyrium Roth
Athyrium Roth
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Australia
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Nepal
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Norway
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Sri Lanka
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United Kingdom
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Etymology
From the Greek a (without) and thyra (door), a reference to the late opening or reflexing of the indusia to expose the sporangia.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2018: Athyriaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 24. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
2 December 2021
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