Tmesipteris tannensis (Spreng.) Bernh.

Species

Pteridophytes > Ophioglossales > Psilotaceae > Tmesipteris

Characteristics

Aerial axis up to 5 dm. long, pend., rarely forked. Lf-like lobes up to 3 cm. long and 6 mm. wide, about oblong, truncate to subacute at tip, us. mucronate, subcoriac., dark green. Sporangia sessile at apex of fertile lobes, lying ║ lobe, with two lf-like lobes arising immediately below and extending beyond sporangium which is 4-6 mm. long, brown, coriac., subacutely pointed.
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Growth form herb
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Images

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Distribution

Tmesipteris tannensis world distribution map, present in New Zealand and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77105188-1
WFO ID wfo-0001120917
COL ID 7CDBZ
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Synonyms

Tmesipteris tannensis Lycopodium tannense