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 Polypodium tenellum

Tectariaceae Panigrahi

Polypodium tenellum G.Forst.

, legitimate

, scientific

Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus

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81

[tax. nov.]

Type: (not cited).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

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147

[secondary reference]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1)

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54

BHL

[secondary reference]

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany. Phanerogamia

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12

[secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5)

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43

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland

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38

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

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139

[secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales

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290

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

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645

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

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64

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Davalliaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

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9

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "No. 277.440 of G. Forster, labelled 'Polypodium tenellum' (BM, examined). ISOTYPE ?: without locality, G. Forster (UPS examined)."

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Davalliaceae.

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

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9

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

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607

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Davalliaceae.

Flora of Australia

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449

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate

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

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79

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: "s. loc., s. dat. G.Forster Hb. 277 (lecto: BM 001048430*; isolecto: UPS n.v."

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

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79

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Arthropteris tenella (G.Forst.) J.Sm. ex Hook.f.

legitimate