Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
Pellaea falcata ( R.Br.) Fée
, legitimate , scientific
Fée, A.L.A. (1852) , Genera Filicum. Exposition des Genres de la Famille des Polypodiacees. Mémoires sur la famille des Fougères 5 :
129
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
287
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
Domin, K. (January 1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
131
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus falcatus ( R.Br.) Kunze
legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
64
[secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1970) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1 :
27
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
vernacular name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984) , Native Plants of Queensland 2 :
216
[secondary reference]
Andrews, S.B. (1990) , Ferns of Queensland :
342
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Sinopteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
25, Plate 2
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
45-46, Fig. 10r-t
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
common name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
565-566
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Adiantaceae. Flora of Australia 48 :
266-267, Fig. 103, Map 240
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus falcatus ( R.Br.) Kunze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Platyloma falcata var. caudata E.J.Lowe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. denticulata Bonap.
legitimate
common name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000) , Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1 :
6
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. nana Hook.
legitimate
common name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Sinopteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
25, Plate 2
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sickle Fern
[n/a]
Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002) , A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6) :
849
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus falcatus ( R.Br.) Kunze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm. var. falcata
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. normalis Domin
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pellaea falcata ( R.Br.) Fée var. falcata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Platyloma falcata var. caudata E.J.Lowe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. denticulata Bonap.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas
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 33(1) :
48-49
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus falcatus ( R.Br.) Kunze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris falcata R.Br. var. falcata
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Platyloma falcata ( R.Br.) J.Sm. var. falcata
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. normalis Domin
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pellaea falcata ( R.Br.) Fée var. falcata
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Platyloma falcata var. caudata E.J.Lowe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pellaea falcata var. denticulata Bonap.
legitimate
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas