Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
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![CHR 676691. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4J7T]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4J7T/SysPortalThumb)
![Leptopteris superba – mature frond showing very short basal pinnae and stipe. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155N/SysPortalThumb)
![Leptopteris superba – lamina showing primary pinnae with deeply divided secondary pinnae, and ultimate laminal segments bent upwards at 90º to the plane of the frond. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155P]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155P/SysPortalThumb)
![Leptopteris superba – primary pinna showing deeply divided secondary pinnae, hairs on the underside of the pinna midribs, and scattered sporangia. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155Q]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155Q/SysPortalThumb)
![Leptopteris superba – mature plant growing on the forest floor. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155R]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155R/SysPortalThumb)
![CHR 633582. Creator: J. Dent. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1RRU]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1RRU/SysPortalThumb)
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![CHR 554733 A. Creator: I Park. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4FZB]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4FZB/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 554733 B. Creator: I Park. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4FZC]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4FZC/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 676688. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4J7Q]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4J7Q/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 676690. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4J7S]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4J7S/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 676691. Creator: R Pickering. © Landcare Research 2023. [Image: 4J7T]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/4J7T/SysPortalPreview)
![Leptopteris superba – mature frond showing very short basal pinnae and stipe. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155N]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155N/SysPortalPreview)
![Leptopteris superba – lamina showing primary pinnae with deeply divided secondary pinnae, and ultimate laminal segments bent upwards at 90º to the plane of the frond. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155P]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155P/SysPortalPreview)
![Leptopteris superba – primary pinna showing deeply divided secondary pinnae, hairs on the underside of the pinna midribs, and scattered sporangia. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155Q]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155Q/SysPortalPreview)
![Leptopteris superba – mature plant growing on the forest floor. Creator: L.R. Perrie. © Te Papa 2012. [Image: 155R]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/155R/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 633582. Creator: J. Dent. © Landcare Research 2014. [Image: 1RRU]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/1RRU/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 640542. Creator: C. Graham. © Landcare Research 2016. [Image: 2B7T]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2B7T/SysPortalPreview)
![CHR 640543. Creator: C. Graham. © Landcare Research 2016. [Image: 2B7U]](https://data.landcareresearch.co.nz/Image/2B7U/SysPortalPreview)
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Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl, Gefässbündel Farrn 18 (1847)
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Nomenclature
(Colenso) C.Presl
Colenso
C.Presl
1847
18
ICN
species
Leptopteris superba
Classification
Vernacular names
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Descriptions
Stock stout, up to 1 m. tall, us. less. Fronds crowded, spreading, up to 12 dm. long; stipites dark brown, densely to sparsely clad in woolly brownish hairs, or almost nude, up to 15 cm. long and 5 mm. or more diam. Rhachides us. densely clad in woolly hairs. Lamina tripinnate, about lanceolate in outline, acuminate. Primary pinnae close-set, uppermost under 3 cm. long, mid up to 15 cm., lowest 3 cm. or less. Pinnules pinnatisect, overlapping, pellucid, up to 2 cm. long. Sporangia along vein of pinnule, mainly in lower half of pinnae.
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
n = 22
n = 22
2n = c. 42
n = 22
n = 22
Taxonomic concepts
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl
Todea superba Colenso
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Etymology
From the latin superbus (magnificent, superior), a reference to the striking appearence of this fern.
Metadata
a13eecb2-6ff5-4ea0-881a-1706d1454c45
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
15 March 2012
