Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: types in the fern families Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae and Loxsomataceae.

Autor: Brownsey, PJ, Perrie, LR
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Zdroj: New Zealand Journal of Botany; Jun2015, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p124-128, 5p
Abstrakt: Five lectotypes are chosen for basionyms relevant to New Zealand representatives of the fern families Cyatheaceae and Loxsomataceae:Alsophila colensoiHook.f.,Cyathea kermadecensisW.R.B.Oliv.,C. smithiiHook.f.,C. tricolorColenso andHemitelia microphyllaColenso. Additional syntypes are identified forLoxsoma cunninghamiiR.Br. ex A.Cunn. No original material ofCyathea medullarisvar.integraHook. has been located and the type is left undesignated. This article is a contribution towards clarifying the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of New Zealand plants for the plant names database (Ngā Tipu Aotearoa) and the electronic Flora of New Zealand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index