| Pteridophyte | Literature for Diplazium sandwichianum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Athyriaceae | Bibliography |
| Diplazium sandwichianum | |
Common name(s): ho`i`o, pohole (Maui) |
| 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. |
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| Habitat | Mesic to wet forests | |
| Elevation | 105-1850 m |
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| Habit |
Plants large, herbaceous; rhizomes creeping to decumbent. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds up to 1.5 m long; stipe 45-90 cm long, dark brown, sparsely and transiently scaly at base; blade 2-pinnate-pinnatisect to 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, deltate-ovate to ovate, medium to light green, chartaceous, glabrous; pinnae alternate, oblong, broadest in middle, 12-25 cm long. Pinnules short-stalked proximally, sessile distally; ultimate segments usually close, narrowly oblong, 4-6 mm wide, margins entire or slightly lobed; veins free, not prominent. |
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| Sori |
Sori 5-8 pairs in 2 regular rows on each side of midvein, submedial, short-linear, 1-3 mm long; indusia thin, soon deciduous. |
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| Notes |
Specific name from an earlier name for the Hawaiian Islands, the Sandwich Islands. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |