Literature for Microsorum spectrum Palmer, 2003. Literature for Microsorum spectrum var. spectrum Palmer, 2003. Literature for Microsorum spectrum var. pentadactylum Palmer, 2003.
Polypodiaceae	Bibliography
Microsorum spectrum

General Information
Distribution	Hawaiian Islands.
Habit	Terrestrial, becoming epiphytic, small to medium-sized, vine-like, creeping; rhizomes long-creeping, tips densely clothed with dark, deciduous scales, phyllopodia present.
Leaves	Fronds 10-50 cm long, 3-8 cm apart; stipe with 14-15 vascular bundles arranged in a circle; blade deltate to hastate with 3 lobes (sometimes 5-lobed on Kaua'i), additional small basal lobes occasionally seen, thin, chartaceous; veins prominent, distinct, anastomosing to form equal-sized areoles with free, branched or unbranched, included veins.
Sori	Sori round, small, 1-2 mm diam., scattered irregularly over adaxial surface of blade, mostly on tips of included veins in areoles.
Notes	Latin spectrum, vision, apparition, probably alluding to the frond's beauty.
Contributor	Sally Eichhorn