Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Arthropteris tenella

Tectariaceae Panigrahi

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Polypodiidae(subcl.)
Polypodiales(ordo)
Tectariaceae(fam.)
Arthropteris(gen.)
tenella(sp.)

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

, legitimate

, scientific

Hooker, J.D. (1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5)

:

43, t. 82

[comb. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland

:

38

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

Christensen, C.F.A. in Christensen, C.F.A. (ed.) (1905), Index Filicum

:

62

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

64

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Davalliaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

:

8-10

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Arthropteris filipes T.Moore

legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains

:

70

[secondary reference]

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland

:

246

[secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Davalliaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

64

[secondary reference]

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland.

Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici

:

374

[secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

607-608, Fig. 106A-C

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

common name:

Climbing Fern

[n/a]

Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Davalliaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

449-450, Figs 96, 144 O-Q, Map 422

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate

APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI, NI

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Davalliaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

64

[secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

859

[secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

79

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

legitimate