| Pteridophyte | Literature for Psilotum complanatum
Palmer, 2003. |
| Psilotaceae | Bibliography |
| Psilotum complanatum | |
Common name(s): flat-stemmed whiskfern, moa, moa nahele, pipi |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Pantropical.In the Hawaiian Islands, indigenous to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habitat | Mesic to wet forests | |
| Elevation | 250-1100 m |
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| Habit |
Plants mostly epiphytic; stems flattened in one plane, 13-65 cm x 2-3 mm, not narrowing at apexes, lower unbranched portions 25-70 percent length of branch clusters, distal branched stems strongly arched and bending downward. |
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| Sori |
Synangia in 2 parallel rows on opposite sides of stem branches. |
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| Notes |
Latin complanatus, flattened, in reference to this species' flattened stems. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |