| Pteridophyte | Literature for Christella dentata
Brownley, 1977; Holttum, 1977; Palmer, 2003; Flora of Australia vol. 48, 1998; Lorence & Wagner, 2019. |
| Thelypteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Christella dentata | |
Common name(s): pai`i`iha |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Tropics and subtropics of the Old World, widely naturalized in the Americas, the Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other Pacific Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Disturbed mesic habitats, but also occurring in varied habitats including relatively undisturbed sites. | |
| Elevation | 10-1250 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial. Rhizomes short-creeping, suberect to erect, ca. 7 mm in diameter, scaly at apex. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds 50–100 cm long; stipe 20–60 cm long, shortly hairy, scaly at base; blade ovate to somewhat obovate
or oblong-lanceolate, to 60 cm long, 25 cm wide; pinnae 15–25 on a side, proximal 2–4 pairs progressively reduced and commonly reflexed, proximal pinnae 4–5 cm long, acroscopic base strongly auriculate, largest pinnae 8–14 cm long, 1.5–2 cm wide, lobed ½–⅔ toward costa, sessile, apex long-acuminate, pinna lobes slightly oblique with rounded tips,
to 4 mm wide; veins 8–9 pairs per segment, pairs of basal veins from adjacent segment anastomosing forming an excurrent vein to sinus membrane; abaxial surface of rachis, costae, and costules densely pubescent with long pale hairs; adaxial surface of blade puberulent with short acicular and capitate hairs. |
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| Sori |
Sori medial except lowest ones which may touch those on veins from neighboring costules; indusium thin, cordate-reniform, densely short-hairy. |
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| Notes |
First collected in 1922, W.B. Jones 1619. |
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| Contributor |
David Lorence, co-author K. R. Wood |
