Leptopteris superba

Leptopteris superba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Osmundales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Osmundales

Familia: Osmundaceae
Genus: Leptopteris
Species: Leptopteris superba

Name

Leptopteris superba (Colenso) C.Presl, (1848).

• Type locality: "woods, mountains nr. Waikare Lake, 1841", New Zealand.
• Lectotype: Welt P3278, W. Colenso.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Todea superba Colenso, Tasm. Journ. 2. 188 (1844).
• Heterotypic
  • Osmunda superba (Colenso) J.B.Armstr., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 13: 368 (1881).

Hybrids

• Leptopteris × intermedia (W.Bull) Brownsey

References

• Large & Braggins: Tree Ferns ISBN 0 643 09076 2
• Presl, C.B. 1848. Abh. Boehm. Ges. Wiss. V. 5. 326.

Vernacular names

English: Crepe fern, Prince of Wales Feathers
Māori: Heruheru, Ngutungutu kiwi