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 Aspidium cordifolium

Lomariopsidaceae Alston

Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw.

, legitimate

, scientific

Swartz, O. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (1801), Genera et species filicum ordine systematico redactarum adiectis synonymis et iconibus selectis, nec non speciebus recenter detectis, et demum plurimis dubiosis, ulterius investigandis.

Journal für die Botanik

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32

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Polypodium cordifolium L.

legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7

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754

BHL

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Nephrolepis tuberosa (Bory ex Willd.) C.Presl

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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284

[secondary reference]

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

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645

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd.

legitimate

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

Bibliotheca Botanica

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64

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

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606

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

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

Flora of Australia

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441

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl

legitimate