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 Blechnum norfolkianum

Blechnaceae Newman

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Polypodiidae(subcl.)
Polypodiales(ordo)
Blechnaceae(fam.)
Blechnum(gen.)
norfolkianum(sp.)

Blechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Maiden

, legitimate

, scientific

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

732

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Lomaria norfolkiana Heward

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

:

611-612, Fig. 107A-B

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lomaria norfolkiana Heward

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Blechnum lanceolatum var. norfolkianum (Heward) Laing

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lomaria acuminata Baker

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Spicanta acuminata Kuntze

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Blechnum acuminatum (Kuntze) Maiden

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Lomaria lanceolata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate by

Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1842), Icones Plantarum 5

: t. 429 pro parte misapplication: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

: 43 misapplication: Stegania lanceolata R.Br. legitimate by

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae

: 11 misapplication: Blechnum lanceolatum (R.Br.) J.W.Sturm nom. illeg. by

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

28(4)

: 732

common name:

Norfolk Island Water Fern

[n/a]

APC Dist.: ?LHI, NI

Gasper, A.L. de, Dittrich, V.A.O., Smith, A.R. & Salino, A. (2016), A classification for Blechnaceae (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida): New genera, resurrected names, and combinations.

:

203

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Austroblechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Lomaria norfolkiana Heward

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Blechnum lanceolatum var. norfolkianum (Heward) Laing

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Austroblechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Lomaria acuminata Baker

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Spicanta acuminata Kuntze

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Blechnum acuminatum (Kuntze) Maiden

legitimate

pro parte misapplication: Lomaria lanceolata (R.Br.) Spreng. legitimate by

Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1842), Icones Plantarum 5

: t. 429 pro parte misapplication: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1

: 43 misapplication: Stegania lanceolata R.Br. legitimate by

Endlicher, S.F.L. (1833), Prodromus Florae Norfolkicae

: 11 misapplication: Blechnum lanceolatum (R.Br.) J.W.Sturm nom. illeg. by

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

28(4)

: 732

APC Dist.: NI

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

:

58

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Austroblechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich

legitimate