Doodia media

Doodia media, also known as rasp fern (or pukupuku in Māori),[1] is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae. The species was formally described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810.[2][3] Distribution of the species includes New Zealand's North Island and the upper part of the South Island (Nelson and Marlborough).[1] It is also found in Australia and Lord Howe Island.[4]

Flavonoids colour the tips of young fronds pink.

Doodia media
Scientific classification
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Eupolypods II
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D. media
Binomial name
Doodia media
R. Br.
Synonyms
  • Doodia media subsp. australis
  • Doodia australis

Young fronds contain flavonoids that protect them from ultraviolet radiation and give them a pink colour.[1]

Phylogenic studies have shown that the genus Doodia is embedded within the paraphyletic genus Blechnum.[5] Christenhusz et al., 2011, therefore reassigned all Doodia species to Blechnum. Doodia media R.Br. was transferred to Blechnum medium (R.Br.) Christenh. and Doodia media subsp. australis Parris (Doodia australis) was transferred to Blechnum parrisii Christenh..[6]

References

  1. Crowe, A. (1994). Which Native Fern?, p. 37. Auckland: Viking. ISBN 0-670-85549-9.
  2. "Doodia media". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  3. New Zealand journal of botany. 2006
  4. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Doodia~australis
  5. Carl J. Rothfels; Anders Larsson; Li-Yaung Kuo; Petra Korall; Wen- Liang Chiou; Kathleen M. Pryer (2012). "Overcoming Deep Roots, Fast Rates, and Short Internodes to Resolve the Ancient Rapid Radiation of Eupolypod II Ferns". Systematic Biology. 61 (1): 70. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys001. PMID 22223449.
  6. Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; Xian-Chun Zhang; Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54.
  • New Zealand journal of botany. 2006. vol. 18


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