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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.

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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 5: 422, t. 9, fig. 9 (1793)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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(L.) Sm.
L.
Sm.
Smith, J.E. 1793: Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de Turin 5: 401–422.
1793
422, t. 9, fig. 9
ICN
Acrostichum dichotomum L.
species
Schizaea dichotoma
From the Latin dichotomus (splitting in two), a reference to the dichotomously branching frond segments.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Schizaeales
Schizaeaceae
Schizaea
dichotoma

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

Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.

Rhizome up to 10 mm. diam., clad in dark brown hairs. Stipes (including branches) 15-35 cm. long, about 1 mm. diam., smooth, erect, strict, channelled; branches dichotomous, 4-10 or more, up to 10 cm. long, rather broadly winged, flabellately arranged, with spread of 5-10 cm. or more, narrowed to laminae. Laminae 3-5 mm. long; segs stalked, spreading, about 2 mm. long, fringed. Sporangia distinctly under 0·5 mm. diam.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.

n = c. 540
n = 77

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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Brownlie, G. (1961)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2014)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Schizaea Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Schizaea Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Dawson, M.I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Lovis, J.D. (2000)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Holttum, R.E. (1959)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Large, M.F.; Braggins, J.E. (1991)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Schizaea Sm.
Schizaea dichotoma var. forsteri (Spreng.) Domin
Schizaea dichotoma var. forsteri (Spreng.) Domin
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.

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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Cook Islands
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Micronesia, Federated States Of
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
New Caledonia
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
1 Link to an external page
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
1 Link to an external page
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
27 Link to an external page
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Niue
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Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
Tonga
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Etymology
From the Latin dichotomus (splitting in two), a reference to the dichotomously branching frond segments.

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e9a89311-f11a-4955-9329-18e1d406132b
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 February 2012
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