Pteridophyte | Literature for Hymenophyllum recurvum
Palmer, 2003. |
Hymenophyllaceae -- The Filmy Fern Family | Bibliography |
Hymenophyllum recurvum | |
Common name(s): `ohi`a ku |
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, mossy forests | |
Elevation | 270-1525 m |
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Habit |
Usually epiphytic, delicate; rhizomes thin, almost hairlike, without scales. |
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Leaves |
Fronds 7-35 x 2-8 cm, tips usually recurved (drooping); stipes glabrous, well separated at 1-2.5 cm, partially winged near blade base; blades 2-pinnate-pinnatifid to 3-pinnate, clustered, glabrous, light green, membranous; pinnae linear-lanceolate, usually recurved; veins single in ultimate segments. |
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Notes |
Latin re, back, + curvus, bent, referring to the downcurved, dropping habit of the frond. |
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Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |