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dcnicholls
wrote:
Yesterday
See comment re A.atroviride and A. capillus-veneris on other sighting nearby. This is a young frond so hard to be certain.
Adiantum aethiopicum
dcnicholls
wrote:
Yesterday
Where possible , it's a good idea to photograph the spores as well. This is almost certainly A. aethiopicum, but A. atroviride and A. capillus-veneris can look similar.
Adiantum aethiopicum
dcnicholls
wrote:
5 Sep 2025
The other fern looks like Aplenium gracillimum (previously known as Asplenium bulbiferum)
Blechnum patersonii subsp. patersonii
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
5 Sep 2025
@plants . Good morning !
Within the last 5–10 years the name has been updated to Lateristachys lateralis .
Which NatureMapr's taxonomy already has .
Hence _Lycopodiella lateralis_ is a synonym of this updated name.
Hence this sighting of yours requires re-identifying by this updated name and this name _Lycopodiella lateralis_ reduced to a synonym within the _Lateristachys lateralis_ species page .
I am catching up with this too.
When i first learned this species in the late 1980s i think i recall it was named _Lycopodium laterale_ R.Br. .
Reference:
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI):
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/206036/api/apni-format
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/118020/api/apni-format
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/97421/api/apni-format
.
Within the last 5–10 years the name has been updated to Lateristachys lateralis .
Which NatureMapr's taxonomy already has .
Hence _Lycopodiella lateralis_ is a synonym of this updated name.
Hence this sighting of yours requires re-identifying by this updated name and this name _Lycopodiella lateralis_ reduced to a synonym within the _Lateristachys lateralis_ species page .
I am catching up with this too.
When i first learned this species in the late 1980s i think i recall it was named _Lycopodium laterale_ R.Br. .
Reference:
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI):
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/206036/api/apni-format
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/118020/api/apni-format
→ https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/97421/api/apni-format
.
Lycopodiella lateralis
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