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 Goniophlebium subauriculatum

Polypodiaceae J.Presl & C.Presl

Goniophlebium subauriculatum (Blume) C.Presl

, legitimate

, scientific

Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1836), Tentamen Pteridographiae

:

186

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Polypodium subauriculatum Blume

legitimate

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

:

42, Fig. 34

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

172

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Polypodium subauriculatum Blume

legitimate

Rödl-Linder, G. (15 June 1990), A monograph of the fern genus Goniophlebium (Polypodiaceae).

:

400-403

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium subauriculatum Blume

legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

495, Map 473

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium subauriculatum Blume

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Schellolepis subauriculata (Blume) J.Sm.

legitimate

misapplication: Polypodium subauriculatum var. serratifolium Alderw. legitimate by

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

20(85)

: 172

common name:

White Grub Fern

[n/a]

common name:

Caterpillar Fern

[n/a]

APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

852

[secondary reference]

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

:

86

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Polypodium subauriculatum Blume

legitimate