| Pteridophyte | Literature for Doryopteris decipiens
Palmer, 2003. |
| Pteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Doryopteris decipiens | |
Common name(s): `iwa`iwa, kumuniu, manawahua |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. |
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| Habitat | Dry shrublands, grasslands, and forests, often growing on exposed basalt | |
| Elevation | 30-915 m |
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| Habit |
Small to medium-sized; rhizomes decumbent, retaining old stipes. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds up to 30 cm long; stipe round or not, or minimally ridged, up to 1.3 mm in diameter, deep purple to black, lustrous, naked; blade 1-pinnate-pinnatisect to 2-pinnate, triangular to subtriangular, 3-15 x 3.5-17 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, pinnae mostly adnate; rachises usually entirely winged between first and second pinna pairs, distance between first and second pairs about the same as that between second and third; pinnae opposite, 3-6 pairs, sessile; ultimate segments triangular or falcate, not parallel-sided, lobed, usually 4-6 mm wide at bases, tapering toward obtuse tips. |
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| Notes |
Latin decipiens, deceiving, a word used when one species closely resembles another. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |