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 Sphaerostephanos unitus

Thelypteridaceae Pic.Serm.

Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum

, legitimate

, scientific

Holttum, R.E. in Nayar, B.K. & Kaur, S. (1974), Companion to R.H. Beddome's Handbook to the Ferns of British India, Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula

:

209

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Polypodium unitum L.

legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1979), Sphaerostephanos (Thelypteridaceae) in Asia excluding Malesia.

:

228-229

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium unitum L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Cyclosorus unitus (L.) Ching

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton

legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Thelypteridaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

354

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium unitum L.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Cyclosorus unitus (L.) Ching

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton

legitimate

APC Dist.: NT, Qld

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

:

71

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium unitum L.

legitimate

Fawcett, S.E. & Smith, A.R. (11 October 2021), A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae.

Sida, botanical miscellany

:

88

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Strophocaulon unitum (L.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

legitimate

Almeida, T.E., Smith, A.R., Bostock, P.D., Bloesch, Z. & Field, A.R. (10 May 2023), ×Abacopterella altifrons (Thelypteridaceae), a new intergeneric fern hybrid from Australia.

Austrobaileya

:

50

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Strophocaulon unitum (L.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

legitimate