Lastreopsis velutina
Common name
velvet fern
Synonyms
Ctenitis velutina (A.Rich.) Copel.; Lastrea velutina (A.Rich.) Brack.; Nephrodium velutinum (A.Rich.) Hook.f.; Aspidium velutinum A.Rich.; Dryopteris velutina (A.Rich.) Kuntze
Family
Dryopteridaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Ferns
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.
LASVEL
Chromosome number
2n = 82
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2017 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2012 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: By Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, John W. Barkla, Shannel P. Courtney, Paul D. Champion, Leon R. Perrie, Sarah M. Beadel, Kerry A. Ford, Ilse Breitwieser, Ines Schönberger, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Peter B. Heenan and Kate Ladley.
2012 | Not Threatened
Previous conservation statuses
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened
Flower colours
No flowers
Etymology
lastreopsis: Like Lastrea, a fern known to the ancient Greeks; from the greek Lastrea and opsis
TAXONOMIC NOTES
In a recent reassessment of the generic position of Lastreopsis Labiak et al. (2015) placed most of the New Zealand species of Lastreopsis within Parapolystichum. Gardner et al. (2017) completed the transfer -confirming in the process the findings of Labiak et al. (2015) that Lastreopsis hispida and L. velutina are still correctly assigned to Lastreopsis.
References and further reading
Gardner, J.J.S.; Perrie, L.; Shepherd, L.; Nagalingum, N.S. 2017: Taxonomic Placement of Unassigned Species of Lastreopsid Ferns (Dryopteridaceae) Using Phylogeny. Systematic Botany 42: 385–391.
Labiak, P.H.; Sundue, M.; Rouhan, G.; Moran, R.C. 2015: New combinations in Lastreopsis and Parapolystichum (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 67: 79–86.