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 Dryopteris decomposita

Dryopteridaceae Herter

Dryopteris decomposita (R.Br.) Kuntze

, legitimate

, scientific

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2

:

812

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Nephrodium decompositum R.Br.

legitimate

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

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

36-37

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Nephrodium decompositum R.Br.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Aspidium decompositum (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Lastrea decomposita (R.Br.) J.Sm.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Nephrodium pentangulare Colenso

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Aspidium decompositum var. tenerum (R.Br.) F.Muell.

legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

39

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Aspidium decompositum (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

:

56

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Aspidium decompositum (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

common name:

Shiny Shield Fern

[n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

:

38

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Aspidium decompositum (R.Br.) Spreng.

legitimate

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

Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series

:

72

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lastreopsis decomposita (R.Br.) Tindale

legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957)

:

29

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Lastreopsis shepherdii (Kunze ex Mett.) Tindale legitimate by

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

: 38

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1

:

41

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Lastreopsis shepherdii (Kunze ex Mett.) Tindale legitimate by

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

: 56

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants.

Flora of Victoria

:

96

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Lastreopsis acuminata (Houlston) C.V.Morton legitimate by

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria

: 56

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dryopteridaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

413

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lastreopsis decomposita (R.Br.) Tindale

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Lastreopsis decomposita (R.Br.) Tindale

legitimate