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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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G.Forst.
G.Forst.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
1786
80
ICN
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
species
Asplenium flaccidum
From the Latin flaccidus (limp, flaccid), a reference to the drooping nature of the fronds.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey 1977): New Zealand, Dusky Bay, Messrs Forster, BM 1048372!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium
flaccidum

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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 flaccidum G.Forst.

Rhizome short, stout, erect to shortly creeping, clad in brown linear-attenuate paleae c. 1 cm. long; stipites tufted to approximate, paleate at base, and with a few weaker paleae elsewhere when young. Rhachis winged, bearing scattered paleae. Laminae and pinnae diverse in size and shape, us. thick, long-pend. to short-erect; veins obscure, us. a single veinlet to each seg., sori oblong, us. submarginal; indusium pale, firm.
Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.

Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.

Rhizome short, stout, erect, bearing dark brown subulate or ovate scales up to 20 × 2 mm. Stipes 5-20 cm (or more) long, brown on underside, green above, flaccid or firm and erect, sparingly covered in small subulate or ovate scales. Laminae lanceolate to elliptic, 10-90 (or more) × 4-25 cm, dull green, thick, leathery and either limp and pendulous or stiff and erect, pinnate to bipinnate. Raches green, sparingly scaly. Pinnae in 5-20 (or more) pairs, linear to narrowly ovate, acuminate, long stalked, 2-15 × 0.5-2 cm; degree of dissection very variable, sometimes only divided into very short obtuse segments, sometimes pinnate with linear acute pinnules up to 15 × 2 mm. Sori submarginal, linear, 2-10 mm long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.

2n = c. 144
2n = c. 144
n = 72
2n = c. 144
2n = 144
2n = c. 144
2n = c. 144

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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Asplenium L.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Shepherd, L.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Brownsey, P.J. (2008)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Asplenium heterophyllum A.Rich.
Asplenium heterophyllum A.Rich.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Caenopteris flaccida (G.Forst.) Thunb.
Caenopteris flaccida (G.Forst.) Thunb.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Caenopteris novae-zeelandiae Spreng.
Caenopteris novae-zeelandiae Spreng.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Caenopteris novae-zeelandiae Spreng.
Caenopteris novae-zeelandiae Spreng.
Webb, C.J.; Edgar, E. (1999)
Darea flaccida (G.Forst.) Willd.
Darea flaccida (G.Forst.) Willd.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
Darea odontites (Thunb.) Willd.
Darea odontites (Thunb.) Willd.
Brownsey, P.J. (1977)
Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.

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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Asplenium flaccidum G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey 1977): New Zealand, Dusky Bay, Messrs Forster, BM 1048372!
Brownsey, P.J. 1977: A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15(1): 39–86.
Etymology
From the Latin flaccidus (limp, flaccid), a reference to the drooping nature of the fronds.

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170e7523-4b28-4522-b978-e978dff750a5
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 July 2018
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