| Pteridophyte | Literature for Elaphoglossum parvisquameum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Dryopteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Elaphoglossum parvisquameum | |
Common name(s): `ekaha, Hart's tongue fern, hoe a Maui, `ekaha, hoe a Maui |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Usually growing on moss, in moist forests. | |
| Elevation | 450-1800 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial or epiphytic, medium-sized; rhizomes short-creeping, 4-7 mm diameter, covered with scales, scales small, often tiny, 1-2 x 1 mm, closely imbricate, triangular to lanceolate, light to dark brown to black, brittle, with tips curled over; residual short, dead stipe bases prominent, phyllopodia usually covering rhizomes, less than 1.5 mm long. |
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| Leaves |
Sterile blades 15-45(-60) x 4-7(-9.5) cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, erect; fertile blades longer and narrower, with long, winged stipes; stipe winged except at base, wing widening and blending into frond; veins parallel, anastomosing near margin to form a continuous commissural vein. |
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| Notes |
Latin parvus, little, less, + squama, scale, referring to the sparse, small rhizome scales. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |