Hedyscepe canterburyana(C.Moore & F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude

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WFO wfo-0000981033 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 3 separate observations

Hedyscepe canterburyana, photographed by dhfischer
fig. a dhfischer, CC BY 4.0 / 2009-10-21 / obs. 111144111
Hedyscepe canterburyana, photographed by dhfischer
fig. b dhfischer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111144105
Hedyscepe canterburyana, photographed by dhfischer
fig. c dhfischer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 111144115

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Accession
K000521710
Filed as
Hedyscepe canterburyana (C.Moore & F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude
Det. by
Baker, W.J.
Collected
Baker, W.J.; Savolainen, V.; Hutton, I.; Matthews, A. 2002-11-02
Origin
AU
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Hedyscepe canterburyana is native: Norfolk Is. Norfolk Is.
Native distribution of Hedyscepe canterburyana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Norfolk Is. NFK AUSTRALASIA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Kentia canterburyana C.Moore & F.Muell.
  • Veitchia canterburyana (C.Moore & F.Muell.) H.Wendl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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