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Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

This species name was first published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 250 (1907)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001107285.

Literature

Synonyms of Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dicranopteris discolor (Schrad.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 29: 59 (1950) wfo-0000144748
Dicranopteris hermannii (R.Br.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 29: 60 (1950) wfo-0000144757
Dicranopteris klotzschii (Hook.) Ching Sunyatsenia 5: 275 (1940) wfo-0000144758
Gleichenia klotzschii Hook. Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 1: 13, t.5B (1844) wfo-0000144814
Gleichenia mucronata Reinw.; J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 420 (1841) wfo-0000144827
Gleichenia pteridifolia Ces. Atti Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. 7(8): 2 (1876) wfo-0000144840
Mertensia cumingiana C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 51 (1836) wfo-0000144883
Mertensia klotzschii Brack. U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 297 (1854) wfo-0000144889
Mertensia sieberi C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 51 (1836) wfo-0000144895
Pteris platyferra Christenh. Phytotaxa 19: 22 (2011) wfo-0000162880
Mertensia hermannii Poir. Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] Suppl. 3. 670 (1814) wfo-0000373597
Mertensia pteridifolia C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. V(5): 339 (1848) wfo-0000373604
Mertensia discolor Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 863 (1824) wfo-0000373628
Pteris platylata Christenh. Phytotaxa 19: 22 (2011) wfo-0001042292
Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1(7): 428 (1880) wfo-0001107464
Polypodium lineare Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 235, t.67, f.2 (1768) wfo-0001107465
Gleichenia hermanni R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 161 (1810) wfo-0001107467
Gleichenia rigida J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 420 (1841) wfo-0001107470
Mertensia linearis (Burm.f.) Fritsch Bull. Herb. Boissier II. 1. 1092 (1901) wfo-0001110227
Mertensia lessonii A.Rich. Sert. Astrol. XXVII (1834) wfo-0001110229
Dicranopteris linearis var. linearis – – wfo-0001117735
Platyzoma ferrugineum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 199 (1827) wfo-0001224662
Platyzoma latum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 199 (1827) wfo-0001224664
Gleichenia linearis f. crenulata Rosenst. Hedwigia 46: 62 (1906) wfo-0001320238
Gleichenia linearis var. grandis Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 2: 691 (1902) wfo-0001371025
Dicranopteris linearis var. brevis Manickam & Irudayaraj Pterid. Fl. West. Ghats, S. India 158 (1992) wfo-0001375341
Dicranopteris linearis var. tenuis Manickam & Irudayaraj Pterid. Fl. West. Ghats, S. India 159 (1992) wfo-0001375342
Dicranopteris linearis var. inaequiloba B.K.Nayar & Geev. Fern Fl. Malabar 372 (1993) wfo-0001375381
Mertensia linearis Greene Pittonia 3(16): 197 (1897) wfo-0001419035
Gleichenia discolor (Schrad.) Sehnem – — wfo-1000068555
Mertensia rigida J.Sm. Lond. J. Bot. 2: 381 (1843) — wfo-1000073437
Gleichenia hermannii R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 161 (1810) — wfo-1000074084
Gleichenia rigida Griff. Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts. 31. 1848 wfo-1200009711
Gleichenia linearis var. longicauda Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 19 (1899) wfo-1200101160
Dicranopteris linearis var. longicauda (Christ) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 29: 66 (1950) wfo-1200101161
Gleichenia dichotoma var. major T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 20: 376 (1862) wfo-1200101162
Gleichenia dichotoma var. bipinnatifida T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 20: 377 (1862) wfo-1200101164
Gleichenia linearis var. crassifrons Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg sér. 3, 5: 204 (1922) wfo-1200101165
Dicranopteris linearis var. major (T.Moore) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 29: 66 (1950) wfo-1200101166
Gleichenia linearis var. irregularis Alderw. Malayan Ferns Fern Allies 84 (1917) wfo-1200101171
Dicranopteris linearis var. crassifrons (Alderw.) Holttum Fl. Males., Ser. 2, Pterid. 1(5): 561 (1982) wfo-1200101192

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