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Pyrrosia Mirb.

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Pyrrosia Mirb. in Lamarck & Mirbel, Hist. Nat. Vég. 3, 471 (1802)
Pyrrosia Mirb.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Mirb.
Mirb.
1802
471
ICN
Pyrrosia Mirb.
genus
Pyrrosia
From the Greek pyrrhos (tawny), a reference to the colour of the hairs on the frond.

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Pyrrosia Mirb.

Sori round to elongate, exindusiate, us. on included veinlets; with stellate paraphyses; veins obscured, irregularly anastomosing. Epiphytes with creeping paleate rhizomes, the simple fronds articulated to the rhizomes. Lamina coriac., clad below in stellate paleae. Perhaps 100 spp. mostly of Asia, Polynesia and Africa.

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Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb. in Lam. & Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Pyrrosia Mirb. in Lam. & Mirb.
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Pyrrosia Mirb.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Australia
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Cook Islands
Pyrrosia Mirb.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Pyrrosia Mirb.
Sri Lanka

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Etymology
From the Greek pyrrhos (tawny), a reference to the colour of the hairs on the frond.

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16263ab4-d082-4493-bf86-4892f1f36b92
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 September 2021
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