Schizaeaceae Kaulf.
Schizaea Sm.
, nom. cons., scientific
[Smith, J.E. (1793), Tentamen botanicum de filicum generibus dorsiferarum. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences (Turin) 5]:
419, t. 9, fig. 9
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Schizaea dichotoma (L.) Sm.
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nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) 158).
[Smith, J.E. (1798), A botanical essay on the genera of dorsiferous ferns. Tracts Relating to Natural History]:
257-258
[secondary reference]
[Willdenow, C.L. (1802), Bemerkungen über einige seltene Farrenkräuter. Abhandlungen der Kurfürstlich-Mainzischen Akademie Nützlicher Wissenschaften zu Erfurt 2(5)]:
30
[secondary reference]
[Swartz, O. (1806), Synopsis Filicum]:
151
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland]:
63, Fig. 56
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"From schizo, to cleave - form of spikes."
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
136
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lophidium Rich.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Actinostachys Wall.
legitimate
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Mueller lists the name "Lopidium" in synonymy without indicating its authorship. This is here accepted as a reference to the fern genus Lophidium Rich. (1792), rather than to the moss Lopidium Hook.f. & Wilson (1854).
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
281
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
638
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1]:
41
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]:
40
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"Greek skhizo, I split; leaves narrow"
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
45-46
[secondary reference]
[Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)]:
30-31
[secondary reference]
[Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Schizaeaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1]:
46
[secondary reference]
[Kramer, K.U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Schizaeaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1]:
262, Figs. 131C, 132C-F, 133
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Schizaeaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1]:
20-21
[secondary reference]
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
17, 273
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Actinostachys Wall.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microschizaea C.F.Reed
legitimate
[Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Schizaeaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
31
[secondary reference]
[Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
41
[secondary reference]
[Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Schizaeaceae. Flora of Australia 48]:
178-183
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Schizaeaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1]:
20-21
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
231
[secondary reference]
[Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3)]:
32
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microschizaea C.F.Reed
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
[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)]:
711
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
777
[secondary reference]
[Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19]:
11
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Dichotomae Prantl
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Bifidae Prantl
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Dichotomae Prantl
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Lophidium Alderw.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Euschizaea Alderw.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Microschizaea C.F.Reed
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, 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)]:
30
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Lophidium Rich.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Bifidae Prantl
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Dichotomae Prantl
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Dichotomae Prantl
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Euschizaea Alderw.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Schizaea sect. Lophidium Alderw.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Microschizaea C.F.Reed
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas