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.
Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Polypodium L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
1082
[tax. nov.]
Given as POLYPODIUM sect. PLEOPELTIS b. ATACTOSIA.
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
485
[secondary reference]
Cavanilles, A.J. (1799) , Anales de Historia Natural 1(2) :
115
[secondary reference]
Type:
Polypodium vulgare L.
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1807) , Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2(24) :
91
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1874) , Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland :
37
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Derived from polys, many, and pous, a foot."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
139
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Xiphopteris Kaulf.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Niphobolus Kaulf.
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Dictyopteris C.Presl
nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Goniopteris C.Presl
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Goniophlebium ( Blume) C.Presl
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Drynaria ( Bory) J.Sm.
nom. cons.
taxonomic synonym:
Phlebodium ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phegopteris ( C.Presl) Fée
nom. superfl.
taxonomic synonym:
Arthropteris J.Sm. ex Hook.f.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Meniscium Schreb.
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
289-290
[secondary reference]
Hennipman, E., Veldhoen, P., Kramer, K.U. & Price, M.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990) , Polypodiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1 :
222-224
[secondary reference]
Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006) , A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3) :
719
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
690
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Phlebodium ( R.Br.) J.Sm.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
APC Comment:
A widespread taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in various other genera in Polypodiaceae.