Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: selection of a lectotype for <i>Acrostichum barbarum</i> L. (Osmundaceae)

Abstract

Abstract A lectotype is chosen for Acrostichum barbarum L. from amongst extant Linnaean material. Lectotypes of other basionyms relevant to New Zealand representatives of the fern family Osmundaceae have all been selected previously. This article is a contribution towards clarifying the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of New Zealand plants for the plant names database (Ngā Tipu Aotearoa) and the electronic Flora of New Zealand.