Cranfillia fluviatilis

Cranfillia fluviatilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Cranfillia
Species:
C. fluviatilis
Binomial name
Cranfillia fluviatilis
(R.Br.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Blechnum fluviatile (R.Br.) Lowe
  • Blechnum nudius Copel.
  • Lomaria fluviatilis (R.Br.) Spreng.
  • Lomaria rotundifolia Colenso
  • Spicanta fluviatilis (R.Br.) Kuntze
  • Stegania fluviatilis R.Br.

Cranfillia fluviatilis, synonym Blechnum fluviatile, is a fern known in the Māori language as kiwikiwi. A herbaceous plant, C. fluviatilis is a "hard fern" of the genus Cranfillia in the family Blechnaceae. It was identified by Patrick Brownsey in 1979.[2] Other common names are star fern, creek fern, kawakawa and kiwakiwa.[3][2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CFLW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Blechnum fluviatile (R.Br.) Salomon; syntype of Lomaria rotundifolia Colenso - Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ
  3. ^ "Blechnum fluviatile". Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2008-05-11.