| Pteridophyte | Literature for Dryopteris glabra var. alboviridis
Palmer, 2003. |
| Dryopteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Dryopteris glabra var. alboviridis | |
Common name(s): shield fern, wood fern, hohiu, kilau |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i. | |
| Habitat | Dry to wet forests | |
| Elevation | 1100-1250 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial, medium-sized. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds 45-60 cm long; stipe 3-5 mm diameter at base, about 1/3 the length of the frond, straw-colored, glabrous except for brown, linear-triangular scales at base; blade 2-pinnate-pinnatisect to 3-pinnate-pinnatifid, ovate-lanceolate, thick-textured, distinct whitish to grayish green, rachises straw-colored; rachises and costae with raised ridges and scattered hairlike scales; pinnae wide, often overlapping; basiscopic pinnules usually larger and often more dissected than acroscopic ones; ultimate segments oblong to lanceolate, 3-5 mm wide, rounded, margins mostly coarsely crenate to pinnatifid, tips rounded or with short, dull teeth, margins curled up adaxially. |
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| Sori |
Sori supramedial. |
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| Notes |
Latin albus, whitish, + viridis, green, alluding to the light green color of the frond. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |