Species

Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentangulare

Etymology

microsorum: Variant of microsorium, meaning small sori (spores on the underside of fern fronds)

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Parapolystichum microsorum subsp. pentangulare (Colenso) Labiak, Sundue et R. C. Moran

Family

Dryopteridaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

NVS Species Code

LASMSP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Ferns

Synonyms

Nephrodium decompositum var. pubescens Hook.f.; Lastrea decomposita sensu J.B.Armstr.; Nephrodium decompositum sensu F.Muell.; Nephrodium pentangularum Colenso; Ctenitis decomposita sensu Dobbie; Ctenitis pentangularis (Colenso) Alston; Dryopteris decomposita sensu Cheeseman, Lastreopsis microsora subsp. pentangularis (Colenso) Tindale

Flower Colours

No Flowers

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 164

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

No

Endemic Family

No

TAXONOMIC NOTES

In 2015 Lastreopsis microsora subsp. pentangularis was transferred to Parapolystichum, as P. microsorum subsp. pentagulare Labiak et al. (2015).

References and further reading

Labiak, P.H.; Sundue, M.; Rouhan, G.; Moran, R.C. 2015: New combinations in Lastreopsis and Parapolystichum (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 67: 79–86.

This page last updated on 16 Jan 2018