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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl, Tent. Pterid. 79 (1836)
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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(L.) C.Presl
L.
C.Presl
1836
79
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species
Nephrolepis cordifolia

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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

Rhizome short, erect to oblique, densely clad in ferruginous ovate-attenuate paleae; emitting slender paleate stolons, sts bearing small "tubers", producing offset plants. Stipites tufted. Stipes 3-10-(15) cm. × 2-3 mm., stout, brown, with attenuate paleae and hairs. Rhachis stout, red-brown, densely to sparsely clad in red-brown paleae and hairs, often ± hidden by basal lobes of pinnae. Lamina linear-lanceolate, dark to rather pale green, membr. to subcoriac., 20-50-(90) × 2-5-(10)cm. Pinnae close-set, very ∞; lower pinnae reduced, us. sterile, increasing to 2 × 1 cm., oblong, obtuse; mid-pinnae, us. fertile, up to 2 cm. × 5 mm., patent, oblong, obtuse, sub-cordately lobed at base; margins ± crenulate; upper pinnae gradually decreasing to acute apex. Veinlets forking at about 1/2 way. Sori about lunulate, dorsal, in 2 rows, discrete, 1-2 mm. at greatest diam., up to 30 per pinna. Indusium firm, about lunulate, covering sori till maturity.

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

Rhizomes small, erect, densely scaly, producing numerous far-creeping runners; runners scaly and usually bearing fleshy tubers. Stipes 5-25 cm long. Stipes and rachises pale brown, brittle, bearing pale brown hair-like scales. Laminae very narrowly elliptic, 40-100 × (4)-5-8 cm, pinnate, erect. Primary pinnae in > 50 pairs, overlapping in middle of frond, more widely spaced at base, the longest 2-4 × 0.4-1 cm, ± glabrous, oblong or narrowly oblong with a basal acroscopic lobe; apices obtuse; margins markedly crenate or serrate. Sori round, in single rows either side of midrib, protected by crescent-shaped indusia.

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Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw.
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd.
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrodium tuberosum (Bory ex Willd.) Desv.
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Polypodium auriculatum L.
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Polypodium cordifolium L.
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Indigenous
Wild
Australia
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Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
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Australia
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China
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Cook Islands
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Cook Islands
Rarotonga
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New Caledonia
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New Zealand
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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl
Sri Lanka

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07a10225-3513-4978-ab22-7762a0dacdce
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
18 February 2019
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