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  1. Help with ID please

  2. 14/09/2015 10:23:57 p.m. Matt Ward

    I think this fern may be Adiantum capillus-veneris. This group of plants had previously been recorded as A. aethiopicum, I am dubious.. please help

  3. 14/09/2015 10:24:34 p.m. Matt Ward

    another pic

  4. 14/09/2015 10:24:55 p.m. Matt Ward

    and another

  5. 15/09/2015 12:49:02 p.m. Pat Enright

    Hi Matt

    The indusia appear to be kidney shaped (A. aethiopicum) as opposed to oblong ( A. capillus-veneris)

    Cheers

  6. 15/09/2015 1:08:27 p.m. Pat Enright

    Hi Matt

    A. raddianum is also a distinct possibility. Where was it growing?

    Cheers

  7. 15/09/2015 8:05:06 p.m. Matt Ward

    Hi Pat,
    The site is some private property known as Motuhara Bush in Plimmerton, Porirua. MC Mcdonald botanised the area in 1978. (Is that Maggy Wasilieff's maiden name?). I have just had another look through all the material I have in the Brownsey book and the Flora descriptions, I think it may be A. raddianum as the ultimate lamina segments are divided. I also think that maybe the indusia notches are shallower than A. aethiopicum, as depicted in the Brownsey illustration.
    What do you think?
    Cheers Matt

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