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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav., Descr. Pl. 1, 257 (1801)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; de Lange, P.J. (1997)

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Cav.
Cav.
Cavanilles, A.J. 1801: Descripción de las plantas. Part 1. Madrid.
1801
257
"A. flavelifolium"
ICN
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
species
Asplenium flabellifolium
From the Latin flabellifolium (with fan-shaped leaves), a reference to the shape of the pinnae. The meaning of the original epithet “flavelifolium” is obscure. It was corrected to “flabellifolium” by Swartz (1806) and the change explained in more detail by Brownsey (1977).
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2017): Nova Hollandia [Australia], Botany Bay, L. Née, MA 475335 (!online)

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
flabellifolium

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

Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.

Rhizome short, rather stout, clad in dark brown linear-attenuate paleae up to 5 mm. long; stipites tufted, rather few. Stipes green, very slender, reclining, 1-10 cm. long, with dense tuft of paleae at base and scattered paleae elsewhere when young. Rhachis very slender to filiform, decumbent to prostrate, often produced into long naked tips that root and produce offset plants; pinnae rather distant. Lamina 10-40 cm. long, linear, membr., flaccid, pale green, pinnate. Lateral pinnae 10-36; lower larger, subopp., upper gradually decreasing in size to apex of frond; flabellate-cuneate, very shortly stalked, coarsely crenate-dentate; veinlets flabellate. Two forms are met with: (a) larger pinnae 15-20 × 15-20 mm., sori up to 6 mm. long; (b) larger pinnae 3-10 × 3-10 mm., sori up to 4 mm. long. Sori oblique, narrow-oblong, us. cop., sts confluent; indusium delicate.
Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.

Rhizome short, erect, bearing dark brown subulate scales with long filiform apices up to 6 × 0.5 mm (Fig. 4M-S). Stipes 1-10 cm long, green, slender, lacking scales. Laminae linear, 7-25 × 1-2.5 cm, light green, flaccid and often prostrate, pinnate. Raches green, weak, lacking scales, frequently extending beyond the uppermost pinnae and rooting at their apices. Pinnae 8-25 pairs, gradually decreasing in size from base to apex, fanshaped, crenate-dentate, cuneate at base, lowest 5-15 × 5-20 mm. Sod radiating along veins, up to 6 mm long. Spores (37)43-51(62) mcm long, (30)36-41(51) mcm wide (8 populations), perispore with numerous crests and ridges (Fig. 29C-D).
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.

2n = 210 or 211
2n = 277–280
n = c. 270

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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Brownlie, G. (1958)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Aspleniaceae Newman
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Asplenium flabellifolium var. ramosum Colenso
Asplenium flabellifolium var. ramosum Colenso
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.

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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
Australia
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Etymology
From the Latin flabellifolium (with fan-shaped leaves), a reference to the shape of the pinnae. The meaning of the original epithet “flavelifolium” is obscure. It was corrected to “flabellifolium” by Swartz (1806) and the change explained in more detail by Brownsey (1977).
typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey & Perrie 2017): Nova Hollandia [Australia], Botany Bay, L. Née, MA 475335 (!online)
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2017: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Aspleniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 55(3): 249–257.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
22 May 2018
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