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Tmesipteris Bernh.

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Tmesipteris Bernh., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 131 (1801)
Tmesipteris Bernh.
Perrie, L.R.; Brownsey, P.J.; Lovis, J.D. 2010: Tmesipteris horomaka, a new octoploid species from Banks Peninsula. New Zealand Journal of Botany 48: 15–29.
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Bernh.
Bernh.
Bernhardi, J.J. 1801: Tentamen alterum filices in genera redigenda. Journal für die Botanik (Schrader) 1800(2): 121–136.
1801
131
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Tmesipteris Bernh.
Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh.
genus
Tmesipteris
From the Greek tmesis (a cutting, or incision), and pteris (a fern), a reference to the sporophyll being forked, as if cut into two.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Psilotales
Psilotaceae
Tmesipteris

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

Tmesipteris Bernh.

Sporangia 2-celled, coriac.; cells elongate, pointed, constricted at junction, septum across narrowest diam., terminal on short lobes that bear two lf-like lobes just below insertion of sporangium. Plant us. epiphytic, with pend. axis. Lobes ∞, lf-like, flattened laterally, decurrent, irregularly two-rowed. Lower part of aerial axis with scale-like lobes or nearly naked. One polymorphic sp.: Australia, Tasmania, N.Z., Pacific Islands.

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Allan, H.H. (1961)
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Barber, H.N. (1957)
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Braithwaite, A.F. (1973)
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Braithwaite, A.F. (1986)
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Brownlie, G. (1969)
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Brownlie, G. (1977)
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Brownsey, P.J.; Lovis, J.D. (1987)
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Brownsey, P.J.; Smith-Dodsworth, J.C. (2000)
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Chinnock, R.J. (1975)
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Chinnock, R.J. (1998)
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Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. (2011)
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Psilotaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr.
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Gruèzo, W.S. (2012)
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Holloway, J.E. (1918)
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Holloway, J.E. (1921)
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Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Psilotaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr.
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Large, M.F.; Braggins, J.E. (1991)
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Murdock, A.G.; Smith, A.R. (2003)
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Perrie, L.R.; Brownsey, P.J.; Lovis, J.D. (2010)
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Tmesipteris Bernh.
Australia
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French Polynesia
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New Caledonia
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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Tmesipteris Bernh.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Tmesipteris Bernh.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Etymology
From the Greek tmesis (a cutting, or incision), and pteris (a fern), a reference to the sporophyll being forked, as if cut into two.

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497c771a-4eaa-42b6-b73a-4933e88f2d95
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 February 2015
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