Icarus filiformis | |
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Icarus filiformis in Christchurch Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Genus: |
Icarus Gasper & Salino [1] |
Species: | I. filiformis
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Binomial name | |
Icarus filiformis (A.Cunn.) Gasper & Salino
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Icarus is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, with a single species Icarus filiformis, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae, [3] but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily. [4]
Icarus filiformis, synonym Blechnum filiforme, [2] is known as thread fern or pānoko in Māori. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has a creeping and climbing habit. It has three different types of fronds: long climbing fronds with long pointed leaves, shorter creeping fronds with nearly round leaves, and fertile fronds with threadlike leaves that give the species its common name. [5]
Icarus filiformis | |
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Icarus filiformis in Christchurch Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Genus: |
Icarus Gasper & Salino [1] |
Species: | I. filiformis
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Binomial name | |
Icarus filiformis (A.Cunn.) Gasper & Salino
[1]
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Icarus is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, with a single species Icarus filiformis, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). [1] The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae, [3] but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily. [4]
Icarus filiformis, synonym Blechnum filiforme, [2] is known as thread fern or pānoko in Māori. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has a creeping and climbing habit. It has three different types of fronds: long climbing fronds with long pointed leaves, shorter creeping fronds with nearly round leaves, and fertile fronds with threadlike leaves that give the species its common name. [5]