Ophioglossum lusitanicum
Adder's Tongue at Majura, ACT
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| Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum | dcnicholls | 25 Sep 2016 | |
| Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum | SilkeSma | 25 Sep 2016 |
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2 comments
21 Aug 2019
The ACT Census of vascular plants doesn't list subsp. coriaceum and PlantNet, see link below,
lists:
Ophioglossum lusitanicum L.
Synonyms: Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum (A.Cunn.) Clausen APNI*
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn. APNI*
I wonder whether to correct, ie get rid of "subsp. coriaceum"
Waltraud
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ophioglossum~lusitanicum
lists:
Ophioglossum lusitanicum L.
Synonyms: Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum (A.Cunn.) Clausen APNI*
Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn. APNI*
I wonder whether to correct, ie get rid of "subsp. coriaceum"
Waltraud
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ophioglossum~lusitanicum
21 Aug 2019
The subsp. coriaceum dates back to Max Gray's time in the late 1970s (as in a list he gave me in 1978). Perhaps I'm cynical, but some botanists, perennially short of field work funding, work from pressed specimens, and seem to over indulge in taxonomical activities. Numbers of fern species have been renamed over the years (e.g., Culcita dubia) and I wonder how useful this is. But I'm not a botanist and astrophysics has its own taxonomical problems!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156828-35.275801
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Sep 2016 09:15 AM Recorded on
- SilkeSma Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Collections
- SilkeSma Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ophioglossum lusitanicum Ferns and Clubmosses Plants
Species information
- Ophioglossum lusitanicum Scientific name
- Adder's Tongue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 4050.8m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Ophioglossum lusitanicum subsp. coriaceum
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