General Information |
Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Kaua`i, O`ahu.
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Habitat | Low mossy branches in wet forests |
Elevation | 600-820 m
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Habit
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Epiphytic, small; rhizomes short, erect.
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Leaves
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Fronds erect to spreading, (2-)3-7(-12) x 0.2-0.5 cm; stipe short; blade linear, deeply crenate or with rounded or obliquely triangular lobes, incised 2/3 or less to midrib along entire length of blade, distal margins of lobes forming acute angles with midrib, hairs absent or few and scattered; veins simple to 1-forked on larger blades.
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Sori
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Sori usually solitary in lobes on upper 1/4-3/4 of frond, glandular paraphyses present.
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Notes
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Name honors Timothy Ha`alilio (1808-1844), Hawaiian private secretary and business manager for King Kamehameha III.
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Contributor
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Sally Eichhorn
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