| Pteridophyte | Literature for Hymenophyllum lanceolatum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Hymenophyllaceae -- The Filmy Fern Family | Bibliography |
| Hymenophyllum lanceolatum | |
Common name(s): palai hinahina |
| 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. | |
| Habitat | Wet forests | |
| Elevation | 440-1320 m |
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| Habit |
Mostly epiphytic, delicate; rhizomes threadlike, 0.1-0.5 mm diameter. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds 2.5-16 x 1-2.5 cm; stipe dark brown, base with uniseriate, dark, unbranched hairs; blade lanceolate, 2-pinnate-pinnatifid to 4-pinnate-pinnatifid, tips often nodding, pointed, dull, dark green, membranous but somewhat stiff, hairs scattered on margins and on veins, unbranched or 1-branched at their bases; rachises dark brown; pinnae usually drooping, short-stalked, winged, pinna costae dark brown; ultimate segments linear, about 1 cm wide, obtuse-tipped; veins unforked, prominent, dark. |
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| Sori |
Sori marginal at tips of ultimate segments; indusia bivalved and immersed in tips of ultimate segments. |
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| Notes |
Latin lanceolatus, spearlike, alluding to the lanceolate shape of the frond. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |