MACROTHELYPTERIS-TORRESIANA (THELYPTERIDACEAE) AT NORTH CAPE, NORTH-ISLAND, NEW-ZEALAND - A NEW SOUTHERN LIMIT FOR A TROPICAL FERN

Authors
DELANGE PJ CROWCROFT GM
Citation
Pj. Delange et Gm. Crowcroft, MACROTHELYPTERIS-TORRESIANA (THELYPTERIDACEAE) AT NORTH CAPE, NORTH-ISLAND, NEW-ZEALAND - A NEW SOUTHERN LIMIT FOR A TROPICAL FERN, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 35(4), 1997, pp. 555-558
Citations number
29
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
0028825X
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
555 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-825X(1997)35:4<555:M(ANCN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Thelypteridaceae) is recorded for the fir st time from mainland New Zealand, from the Surville Cliffs, near Nort h Cape, in the North Island. Prior to this discovery, M. torresiana wa s only known within the New Zealand botanical region from Raoul (Rangi tahua) Island, Kermadec Islands. The presence of this tropical fern at North Cape provides an additional example of a vagrant element within the flora of mainland New Zealand.