New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species

P. J. BROWNSEY

National Museum, Private Bag
Wellington, New Zealand

D. R. GIVEN

Botany Division, DSIR
Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

J. D. LOVIS

Botany Department, University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract A revised classification and checklist of New Zealand pteridophytes is presented, based on recently published phyletic schemes for the Pteridophyta, and on revisions of individual families and genera. The list comprises 211 species of which 22 are adventive and 189 native; the latter include 8 unnamed species (either undescribed or unidentified) and a further 6 which are subdivided into separate subspecies. Of the native taxa, 89 spe- cies (47%) and 3 subspecies (50%) are believed to be endemic to the New Zealand botanical region. Individual taxa are discussed with particular refer- ence to recent revisions and areas requiring further study. Synonymic and alphabetical lists are pro- vided of all validly published pteridophyte names based on New Zealand types or used by authors with reference to the New Zealand flora. The more important species erroneously or dubiously recorded for New Zealand are also listed.

Keywords checklist; classification; erroneous records; ferns; New Zealand flora; nomenclature; plant taxonomy; pteridophytes; synonymic list

Received 5 October 1984; accepted 29 January 1985
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1985, Vol. 23 : 431-489
OO28-825X/85/23O3-O431$2.5O/O © Crown copyright 1985

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