Notogrammitis angustifolia
Notogrammitis angustifolia | |
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Notogrammitis angustifolia in the Auckland Islands | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Genus: | Notogrammitis |
Species: | N. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Notogrammitis angustifolia (Jacq.) Parris
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Notogrammitis angustifolia is a species of fern. It is found in Chile, Argentina, Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.[2]
Description
[edit]It can be distinguished by the usually erect to short-creeping rhizome, the narrow, linear, winged, glabrous fronds (<7 mm wide, up to 130mm in length),[3] the lack of distinct stipes, the absence of hairs in the sori, and sori often being more or less parallel to the midrib.[2] The sporangia are in groups on either side of the midrib.[3]
The fronds are up to 130mm in length according to some sources,[3] but less than 100mm according to others.[4]
Range and habitat
[edit]This species is found from sea level up to 1400m in New Zealand, and on the main islands as well as the outlying islands. [2] It can be epiphytic, lithophytic,[5] or found as a subalpine scrub.[3]
Ecology
[edit]This species is epiphytic on Dracophyllum in New Zealand,[4] and Olearia in Tasmania.[5] On Tristan da Cunha and Gough it is found on the stems of Bog Ferns and Island Trees.[6]
Etymology
[edit]Angustifolia means 'narrow-leaf' in scientific Latin.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was originally described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1786, based on a type specimen from the Straits of Magellan.[7] This species was moved with some others out of Grammitis in 2012.[4][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile | Notogrammitis angustifolia". www.nzflora.info. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Notogrammitis angustifolia - The University of Auckland". www.nzplants.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Notogrammitis angustifolia subsp. angustifolia". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ a b "VicFlora: Notogrammitis angustifolia subsp. nothofageti". vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ Ryan, Peter, ed. (2007). Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island. Newbury: Pisces Publications. ISBN 978-1-874357-33-9.
- ^ a b Perrie, LR; Parris, BS (1 December 2012). "Chloroplast DNA sequences indicate the grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) in New Zealand belong to a single clade, Notogrammitis gen. nov". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 50 (4): 457–472. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2012.735247. ISSN 0028-825X.