Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Mertensia flagellaris
Gleicheniaceae C.Presl
Mertensia flagellaris Bory ex Willd. , legitimate, scientific
Willdenow, C.L. (January 1810), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 5(1): 74 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in montibus altis insulae Borboniae... (v. s.)"
Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1): 25 [basionym]
basionym of: Gleichenia flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. legitimate
Ching, R.C. (1940), On the genus Gleichenia Sm. Sunyatsenia 5: 283 [basionym]
basionym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate
Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: Listed in synonymy of Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching by R.C.Ching, Sunyatsenia 5: 283 (1940) and T.Nakai, Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo 29: 17 (1950). Sticherus flagellaris is now considered a misapplication to Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. in Australia.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate