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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.

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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn., Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 361 (1837)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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A.Cunn.
A.Cunn.
Cunningham, A. 1837: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2: 222–233, 327–336, 358–378.
1837
361
ICN
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
species
Ophioglossum coriaceum
From the Latin coriaceus (thick), a reference to the nature of the leaves.
Holotype: New Zealand, Matauri opposite the Cavallos [Cavalli Islands], R. Cunningham s.n., 1834, K! (photo WELT E471/30).

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Ophioglossales
Ophioglossaceae
Ophioglossum
coriaceum

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

Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.

"Rhizome cylindric, suberect, slightly tuberous, roots fleshy. Fronds 1-2 (or rarely 3) . . ., 1-3 in. long including the petiole and fertile spike: sterile lamina . . . 1/4-2 in. long, 1/6-? in. broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, . . . narrowed into a long cuneate base, fleshy or almost coriaceous; veins indistinct, reticulated in narrow areoles. Fertile spike 1/4-3/4; in. long on a slender peduncle which usually much exceeds the sterile lamina when mature. Sporangia 7-15 in each row."

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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Brownlie, G. (1958)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossaceae Martinov
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Chinnock, R.J. (1998)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Clausen, R.T. (1938)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Dawson, M.I.; Brownsey, P.J.; Lovis, J.D. (2000)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Harris, W.F. (1955)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Large, M.F.; Braggins, J.E. (1991)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Marticorena, C.; Quezada, M. (1985)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Verma, S.C. (1957)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum (A.Cunn.) R.T.Clausen
Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum (A.Cunn.) R.T.Clausen
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
Ophioglossum minimum J.B.Armstr.
Ophioglossum minimum J.B.Armstr.
Armstrong, J.B. (1881)
Ophioglossum minimum J.B.Armstr.

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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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Egmont-Wanganui
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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North Auckland
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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North Otago
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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Ruahine-Cook
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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Sounds-Nelson
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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South Auckland
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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South Otago
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Thames
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Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.
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Volcanic Plateau
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Ophioglossum minimum J.B.Armstr.
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typification
Holotype: New Zealand, Matauri opposite the Cavallos [Cavalli Islands], R. Cunningham s.n., 1834, K! (photo WELT E471/30).
Etymology
From the Latin coriaceus (thick), a reference to the nature of the leaves.

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f00b1469-fc19-4bb1-8bb9-b1aff5aa601a
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 March 2015
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