| Pteridophyte | Literature for Diplopterygium pinnatum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Gleicheniaceae -- The False Staghorn Fern Family | Bibliography |
| Diplopterygium pinnatum | |
Common name(s): uluhe lau nui |
| 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 | Wet forests, often on open ridges or on steep, wet banks and streamsides | |
| Elevation | 350-1500 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial, medium to large-sized; rhizomes long-creeping, scales dark, with a few scattered marginal cilia. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds with indeterminate growth, sometimes very long and scandent; stipe erect, sometimes climbing, flattened adaxially making half circles, scales sparse at base, changing to white fibrils distally; blade 2-pinnate-pinnatisect, scaly, growing indeterminately (without forking) by repeated growth from intermittently dormant buds between most distal pinnae, apical buds covered by dark linear-triangular scales with lighter-colored, ciliate margins; pinnae opposite, 0.5-1.2 m long; pinnules pectinate; ultimate segments 3-12 mm long; veins once forked. |
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| Sori |
Sori exindusiate, with 2-6 sporangia. |
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| Notes |
Latin pinnatus, winged, feathered, set in two opposite ranks, referring to the winglike appearance of the fronds. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |
