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Buchanan John 1876. On the root-stock of Marattia fraxinea, Smith. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 9: 527-529

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Description of root and its method of reproduction. Buchanan notes "The growth of the Marattia rhizome is remarkably slow, being under favourable circumstances only one inch in diameter in one year, and as the height is less than the diameter it may be safely calculated that a Māori will consume in one day the growth of five years, which fact may account for this fern disappearing in New Zealand wherever the Māoris are numerous"

Marattia fraxinea is now Marattia salicina

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On the root-stock of Marattia fraxinea, Smith
1876
Buchanan John
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute
9
527
529

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30 October 2023
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