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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.

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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 159 (1810)
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. 2000: New Zealand ferns and allied plants. Edition 2. David Bateman, Auckland.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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R.Br.
R.Br.
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
1810
159
ICN
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
species
Hymenophyllum rarum
From the Latin rarus (far apart, scattered), a reference to the widely spaced fronds along the rhizome.
Lectotype (selected by Tindale 1963): Derwent [Tasmania], R. Brown Iter Australiense No. 97, 1802–05, BM 001044791!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Hymenophyllales
Hymenophyllaceae
Hymenophyllum
rarum

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Cordyline australis (G.Forst.) Endl.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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

Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.

Rhizome filiform, glabrate; stipites rather distant to crowded. Stipes filiform, glab., wingless, 3-4 cm. long. Rhachis winged above or throughout. Lamina pale green, pellucid, narrow-oblong, 3-15 cm. long, 2-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate; final segs linear, obtuse. Sori mainly in upper part of frond, immersed. Indusium 1-2 mm. long, rhomboid to suborbicular, 2-valved to halfway, valves rounded. Receptacle not exserted.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.

n = 36

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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.

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Hymenophyllum imbricatum Colenso
French Polynesia
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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
[Not available]
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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
Australia
Victoria
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Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
2 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
16 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
6 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
2 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
6 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
33 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
20 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
6 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
9 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
50 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
4 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
33 Link to an external page
Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
21 Link to an external page
Mecodium rarum (R.Br.) Copel.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Mecodium rarum (R.Br.) Copel.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Tindale 1963): Derwent [Tasmania], R. Brown Iter Australiense No. 97, 1802–05, BM 001044791!
Tindale, M.D. 1963: Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 1–49.
Etymology
From the Latin rarus (far apart, scattered), a reference to the widely spaced fronds along the rhizome.

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1 January 2000
8 April 2015
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