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.
Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy
Pteridium esculentum ( G.Forst.) Cockayne
, legitimate , scientific
Cockayne, L.C. (1908) , Report on a Botanical Survey of the Tongariro National Park :
34
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
59
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
27
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 36, Fig. 16
Text:
"Pteridium aquilinum is a very closely related species mainly form the Northern Hemisphere."
Willis, J.H. (1970) , A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1 :
21-22
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Ewart, A.J. (1931) , Flora of Victoria : 42
vernacular name:
Austral Bracken
[n/a]
McGillivray, D.J. (12 June 1973) , Michel Gandoger's names of Australian plants. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(6) :
352
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
28
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
common name:
Common Bracken
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
26
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 2
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1981) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia : 3
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
51-52
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Brownsey, P.J. (1989) , The taxonomy of bracken (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2(1) :
116-120
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina var. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Hook.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. aequipinnulum Domin
legitimate
common name:
Austral Bracken
[n/a]
common name:
Common Bracken
[n/a]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
47
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
80, 82, Fig. 17l-m
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Ewart, A.J. (1931) , Flora of Victoria : 42
common name:
Austral Bracken
[n/a]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
590
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina var. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Hook.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum ( G.Forst.) Kuhn
legitimate
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Hemsley, W.B. (1896) , The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2) : 276
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Watts, W.W. (1913) , Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 : 396
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48 :
225, Figs 26, 98, Map 187
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus esculentus ( G.Forst.) C.Presl
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina var. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Hook.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cincinalis esculenta ( G.Forst.) Trevis.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ornithopteris esculenta ( G.Forst.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. esculentum ( G.Forst.) C.Chr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. aequipinnulum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Domin
legitimate
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Moore, C. (1893) , Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales : 509
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora : 284
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 : 37, Fig. 7
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Ewart, A.J. (1931) , Flora of Victoria : 42
Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000) , Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1 :
9
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
47
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
228-229
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bracken
[n/a]
Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002) , A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6) :
854
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Pteridium aquilinum var. esculenta Kuhn
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus esculentus ( G.Forst.) C.Presl
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina var. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Hook.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cincinalis esculenta ( G.Forst.) Trevis.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ornithopteris esculenta ( G.Forst.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum ( G.Forst.) Kuhn
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina f. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Christ
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. esculentum ( G.Forst.) C.Chr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. aequipinnulum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Domin
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 : 37, Fig. 7
pro parte misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 36, Fig. 16
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Moore, C. (1893) , Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales : 509
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Hemsley, W.B. (1896) , The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2) : 276
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora : 284
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Watts, W.W. (1913) , Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 : 396
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Ewart, A.J. (1931) , Flora of Victoria : 42
APC Comment:
A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 2428 (1991) lists "Pteris esculenta Labill." and "Pteris esculenta R.Br.", both as illegitimate later homonyms of P. esculenta G.Forst. These are secondary uses of Forster's name, rather than attempts to publish new names. Labillardiere, Nov. Holl. Pl. Spec. 2: 95 (1807), clearly and directly referred to Forster under this species, and Brown indirectly referred to the same work by acknowledging that he had used Labillardiere's work in preparing his Prodromus .
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, NI, Vic, Tas
Thomson, J.A. (16 August 2012) , Taxonomic status of diploid southern hemisphere brackens (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae). Telopea 14 :
45
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Pteridium aquilinum var. esculenta Kuhn
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Allosorus esculentus ( G.Forst.) C.Presl
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina var. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Hook.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cincinalis esculenta ( G.Forst.) Trevis.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Ornithopteris esculenta ( G.Forst.) J.Sm.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum ( G.Forst.) Kuhn
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris aquilina f. esculenta ( G.Forst.) Christ
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum subsp. esculentum ( G.Forst.) C.Chr.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteridium esculentum ( G.Forst.) Cockayne subsp. esculentum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. aequipinnulum Domin
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pteridium aquilinum var. pseudocaudatum Domin
legitimate
pro parte misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 : 37, Fig. 7
pro parte misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 36, Fig. 16
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Moore, C. (1893) , Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales : 509
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Hemsley, W.B. (1896) , The Flora of Lord Howe Island. Annals of Botany 10(2) : 276
misapplication:
Pteris aquilina L.
legitimate
by Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora : 284
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Watts, W.W. (1913) , Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 : 396
misapplication:
Pteridium aquilinum ( L.) Kuhn
legitimate
by Ewart, A.J. (1931) , Flora of Victoria : 42
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, NI, 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) :
51
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pteris esculenta G.Forst.
legitimate