Cranfillia fullagari

Cranfillia fullagari, synonym Blechnum fullagarii,[1] is a fern in the family Blechnaceae. The specific epithet honours James Fullagar, who collected plants on Lord Howe Island for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.[3]

Cranfillia fullagari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Cranfillia
Species:
C. fullagari
Binomial name
Cranfillia fullagari
(F.Muell.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich
Synonyms[1]
  • Blechnum fullagari (F.Muell.) C.Chr. (orth. var.)[2]
  • Blechnum fullagarii (F.Muell.) C.Chr.
  • Lomaria auriculata Baker
  • Lomaria fullagari F.Muell.
  • Spicanta auriculata (Baker) Kuntze

Description

The plant is a terrestrial or lithophytic fern. The prominent rhizome has narrow and twisted apical scales. Its fronds are 30–50 cm long and 8–14 cm wide.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the genus Lomaria.[4] Although Mueller spelt the name Lomaria fullageri, using an e in the epithet, he referred to the surname "Fullagar".[5] In 1905, Carl Christensen transferred the species to Blechnum, spelling the epithet fullagari.[6][7] The spelling fullagarii is found in some sources;[3] Article 60.8 of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants only allows the use of a single "i" with names ending in "er" not "ar".[8] In 2016, André Luís de Gasper and Vinícius Antonio de Oliveira Dittrich transferred the species to Cranfillia as Cranfillia fullagari.[9]

Distribution and habitat

The fern is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is restricted to the cloud forest on the summit of Mount Gower.[3]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Cranfillia fullagari". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. "Blechnum fullagari (F.Muell.) C.Chr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  3. "Blechnum fullagarii". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  4. "Lomaria fullagari". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  5. Mueller, Ferdinand von (1874). "Lomaria Fullageri". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 8. Melbourne. p. 157. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  6. Christensen, Carl (1905). "Blechnum Fullagari". Index filicum. Copenhagen: H. Hagerup. p. 154. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  7. "Blechnum fullageri". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  8. Turland, N.J.; et al., eds. (2018). "Article 60.8". International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017 (electronic ed.). Glashütten: International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Retrieved 2018-06-27.
  9. "Cranfillia fullagari". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2019-12-25.


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