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Polypodium sylvaticum Colenso

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Colenso
Colenso
Colenso, W. 1845: A classification and description of some newly discovered ferns, collected in the Northern Island of New Zealand, in the summer of 1841–2. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 2: 161–189.
1845
163
illegitimate
The name of this species was published as Polypodium sylvaticum (Colenso 1845). The original spelling of the specific epithet must be retained (Art. 60.1), even though “sylvaticum” and “silvaticum” are both correct in Latin. The specific epithet “sylvaticum” was used by earlier New Zealand authors, but was changed without explanation to “silvaticum” by Engler & Prantl (1899) when making the new combination in Polystichum, and then followed by Allan (1961) and subsequent authors.The name Polypodium sylvaticum, as described by Colenso (1845), is illegitimate (Art. 6.4), being a later homonym of P. sylvaticum Schkuhr (1809). Diels (1899) intended to create a new combination in Polystichum by writing “P. silvaticum (Colenso als Polypodium) Diels”. However, Diels’ name is a new name (Art. 6.12a, 6.14), validated by Colenso’s description of Polypodium sylvaticum. Diels was obligated to adopt Colenso’s epithet with the original spelling (Art. 60.1, 60.2), unless he explicitly changed the spelling and stated that he was making a correction; but there is no evidence of such intent. The correct name and spelling for this species is Polystichum sylvaticum Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4): 192, 1899 (‘silvaticum’), not P. silvaticum (Colenso) Diels. (In making this determination we are very grateful for extensive and valuable discussion with John McNeill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh).
ICN
Polypodium sylvaticum Colenso
species
Polypodium sylvaticum
From the Latin sylvaticus (of woodlands), a reference to the forest habitat of this species.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey et al. 2019): near Tolaga Bay, E. Coast, W. Colenso, Dec. 1841, WELT P003188!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Polypodiaceae
Polypodium
sylvaticum

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Polypodium sylvaticum Colenso
Polypodium sylvaticum Colenso
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2021)
Polystichum sylvaticum Diels

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Etymology
From the Latin sylvaticus (of woodlands), a reference to the forest habitat of this species.
typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey et al. 2019): near Tolaga Bay, E. Coast, W. Colenso, Dec. 1841, WELT P003188!
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R.; Field, A.R. 2019: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Dryopteridaceae and Nephrolepidaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 57(1): 32–38.

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1 January 2000
22 June 2021
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