Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: Lectotypes in Marsileaceae and Salviniaceae (water ferns)

Abstract

Lectotypes are chosen for three basionyms relevant to New Zealand representatives of the Order Salviniales (water ferns)-Azolla pinnata R.Br., Azolla rubra R.Br. (Salviniaceae) and Pilularia novae-hollandiae A.Br. (Marsileaceae). 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. © 2014 The Royal Society of New Zealand.