| Pteridophyte | Literature for Elaphoglossum pellucidum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Dryopteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Elaphoglossum pellucidum | |
Common name(s): `ekaha, Hart's tongue fern, hoe a Maui, `ekaha `ula, hoe a Maui |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habitat | Uncommon in moist forests. | |
| Elevation | 450-1270 m |
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| Habit |
Plants small to medium-sized, terrestrial, epipetric or epiphytic, vinelike. Rhizomes long-creeping, less than 2 mm diam., bearing many thin, stiff, light to dark brown scales, 2-3 mm long, older rhizomes naked. |
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| Leaves |
Stipes thin, well separated, straw-colored, shiny, not winged, bearing many pellucid, amber-colored glands. Sterile blades narrowly to widely elliptic, 6-25 cm long, thin, translucent, delicate, chartaceous, glabrous, tips acuminate to attenuate, both surfaces covered with small, shiny, pellucid, globular, amber-colored glands (sticky on living plants). Fertile blades usually much smaller than sterile ones, sometimes longer and with small blades on long stipes. Veins prominent, forked, parallel, free. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |