New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B97013

Received 26 February 1997; accepted 2 October 1997

New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1998, Vol. 36: 1-19

0028-825X/98/3601-001 $7.00 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1998

The Blechnum procerum ("capense") (Blechnaceae) complex in New Zealand

T. C. CHAMBERS

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Mrs Macquaries Road
Sydney
NSW 2000, Australia

P. A. FARRANT

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Mrs Macquaries Road
Sydney
NSW 2000, Australia

Abstract  There are four species of Blechnum in the B. procerum complex in New Zealand: B. procerum and three new species, B. novae-zelandiae, B. montanum, and B. triangularifolium. All three are distinct from the Australian B. minus. The new species are endemic to New Zealand and have been known as "Kiokio", "Mountain kiokio", and "Green Bay kiokio", respectively, and variously but inconsistently referred to as B. capense, B. procerum, B. minor, B. minus, and Lomaria latifolia.

Keywords  Blechnum procerum; B. novae-zelandiae; B. montanum; B. triangularifolium; Blechnaceae; New Zealand flora; new species; taxonomy; key

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