Anarthropteris Copel.

Details

Name scientific

Anarthropteris Copel., Gen. Fil. 217 (1947)

Preferred name

Loxogramme (Blume) C.Presl

Taxonomy reference

Kreier, H.-P.; Schneider, H. 2006: Reinstatement of Loxogramme dictyopteris, based on phylogenetic evidence, for the New Zealand endemic fern, Anarthropteris lanceolata (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). Australian Systematic Botany 19: 309–314.

Linked name

Anarthropteris

Nomenclature

Authors

Copel.

Original authors

Copel.

Publication place

Copeland, E.B. 1947: Genera Filicum. Chronica Botanica Co., Waltham, Mass.

Year published

1947

Publication page

217

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Anarthropteris Copel.

Type taxon

Anarthropteris dictyopteris (Mett.) Copel.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Anarthropteris

Etymology

From the Greek loxos (oblique), and gramme (a line), a reference to the sori which are mostly elongate and oblique to the costa

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Polypodiaceae

Genus

Anarthropteris

Subordinates

Descriptions

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

Anarthropteris Copel.

Description

Sori exindusiate, in a single series on each side of main vein, orbicular to subelliptic, with long paraphyses of three rows of cells; spores globose-elliptic. Rhizome creeping, dictyostelic, paleate; stipites not articulated to rhizome; lamina coriac., entire; main vein evident, veinlets hidden, without free veinlets in anastomoses.