Polystichum vestitum


 
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syn. Aspidium aculeatum, Aspidium aculeatum var. vestitum, Aspidium perelegans, Aspidium proliferum, Aspidium pulcherrimum, Aspidium venustum, Aspidium vestitum, Aspidium waikarense, Polypodium vestitum, Polystichum aculeatum var. perelegans, Polystichum aculeatum var. vestitum, Polystichum aff. vestitum, Polystichum perelegans, Polystichum venustum

 
distribution:

New Zealand: Campbell Island, Jacquemart Island / Campbell Islands; Chatham-Inseln (?); Kapiti Island / Wellington / North Island; Snares; Big Solander Island (Solander Islands); Big Island, Kundy Island, Poutama Island, Putauhina Island (Titi Islands) / Southland / South Island; Stewart Island

 
native name:

puniu - New Zealand
punui
- New Zealand

 
left:

Polystichum vestitum, together with Bulbinella rossii


Photo: Peter Goltra; by courtesy of Peter Goltra

http://www.subantarcticislands.com

 
References:

- M. N. Foggo; Colin D. Meurk; J. Bastow Wilson: The vegetation of subantarctic Campbell Island. New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1994) 18(2): 123-168
- Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf: A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55:33, 705-731 (2006)