| Pteridophyte | Literature for Amauropelta globulifera
Palmer, 2003. |
| Thelypteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Amauropelta globulifera | |
Common name(s): palapalai a Kampapua`a |
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Moist habitats and especially near streams and waterfalls | |
| Elevation | 100-2200 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial, medium-sized; rhizomes decumbent to erect, clothed in old stipes. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds 40-140 cm long; stipe clothed with white, single-celled hairs, sparsely scaly at base, short, 1/6-1/10 frond length; blade oblanceolate, tapering at both ends, abaxial surface with many glistening, amber-colored, appressed glands, fewer glands adaxially, both surfaces with white, unicellular hairs, especially over veins; rachises grooved, with abundant, very short (0.4-1 mm long), curved, white, sharp-tipped hairs; pinnae 20-50 pairs, lower 6-18 pairs gradually diminishing in size to basal pinnae as small as 2 mm long; costae grooved adaxially, bearing many very fine hairs as on rachises; veins free, not anastomosing below sinuses. |
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| Sori |
Sori submarginal to marginal; indusia small, kidney-shaped, margins lined with many appressed glands and scattered, unicellular hairs. |
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| Notes |
Latin globus, globe, sphere, + fero, bear, carry, referring to the globose glands on the blades. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |
