Dicksonia lanata subsp. lanata
Biostatus
Native
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Ferns
Simplified description
Small tree fern with no trunk and pale brown-stalked slightly blue-green stiff leaves to 2 m long forming large colonies by underground stems. Leaf stems covered in small hairs (lens needed). Sporangia in small capsules at the edge of frond undersides.
Distribution
Endemic. New Zealand: North Island, South Island.
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2022-2023 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Previous assessments can be found here.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – these interim threat classification statuses has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. 2024. Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2023 | Not Threatened
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Dicksoniaceae
Synonyms
Dicksonia laevis Heward, Dicksonia lanata Colenso var. lanata
Taxonomic notes
North of the Tararu Valley, Coromandel Peninsula D. lanata subsp. lanata is replaced by the trunked D. lanata subsp. hispida.
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Other information
Cultivation
Occasionally available from specialist native plant nurseries—usually as the trunkless form.
Etymology
dicksonia: After James Dickson (1738-1822), British botanist and nuseryman
lanata: Woolly
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
DICLSL
Chromosome number
2n = 130
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | Not Threatened
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened