Trichomanes reniforme G.Forst.

Details

Name scientific

Trichomanes reniforme G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 84 (1786)

Preferred name

Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum Ebihara & K.Iwats.

Linked name

Trichomanes reniforme G.Forst.

Nomenclature

Authors

G.Forst.

Original authors

G.Forst.

Publication place

Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.

Year published

1786

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Trichomanes reniforme G.Forst.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Trichomanes reniforme

Typification

Lectotype (selected by Nicolson & Fosberg 2004): no locality, Forster, UPS-T 25164

Nicolson, D.H.; Fosberg, F.R. 2003: The Forsters and the Botany of the Second Cook Expedition (1772–1775). Regnum Vegetabile 139: 1–760.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Hymenophyllales

Family

Hymenophyllaceae

Genus

Trichomanes

Species

reniforme

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Descriptions

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

Trichomanes reniforme G.Forst.

Description

Rhizome rather stout, far-creeping, much-branched, with tufts of dark red-brown hairs at base of rather distant to approximate stipites. Stipes stout, 5-20 cm. long, not winged. Lamina 3-10 × 5-10 cm., reniform, coriac. when mature; sinus deep. Laminae of juveniles flabellately divided above, of adults sts shallowly sinuate. Sori often close-set along margin, except in lower part and sinus. Indusium c. 2 mm. long, cup-shaped to almost bell-shaped. Receptacle stout, exserted.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.