Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Pteridophyte Literature for Adenophorus haalilioanus
Palmer, 2003.
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      Adenophorus haalilioanus
General Information
DistributionHawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu.

Polypodiaceae - Adenophorus haalilioanus















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HabitatLow mossy branches in wet forests
Elevation600-820 m
Habit
Epiphytic, small; rhizomes short, erect.
Leaves
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.
Sori
Sori usually solitary in lobes on upper 1/4-3/4 of frond, glandular paraphyses present.
Notes
Name honors Timothy Ha`alilio (1808-1844), Hawaiian private secretary and business manager for King Kamehameha III.
Contributor
Sally Eichhorn