| Pteridophyte | Literature for Cibotium glaucum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Cibotiaceae | Bibliography |
| Cibotium glaucum | |
Common name(s): hapu`u, hapu`upu`u, pepe`e, hapu`u, hapu`u pulu |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Mesic to wet forests. | |
| Elevation | 300-1700 m |
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| Habit |
Caudices 1-2(-6) m tall, 16-18+ cm diameter, commonly with buds. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds to 7 m long; stipe ranging from glabrous except at base to very hairy with entire stipe covered with concolorous, golden, tan, mustard, dusty gray, or occasionally reddish brown hairs, to multicolor streaked; pinnae sinuses narrow-angled, cut 7/8 or more to costa; ultimate segments narrow, 4-5 mm wide, sharp-pointed auricles present on basiscopic basal segments, sometimes overlying rachises, abaxial surfaces light blue gray, glaucous, glabrous to covered with white arachnoid hairs. |
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| Notes |
Latin glaucus, bluish green or gray, in reference to the color of the abaxial surfaces of the ultimate segments. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |
