Pteridophyte | Literature for Pteris irregularis
Palmer, 2003. |
Pteridaceae | Bibliography |
Pteris irregularis | |
Common name(s): `ahewa (O`ahu), `iwa puakea (Maui), mana |
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 | Dry to mesic forests | |
Elevation | 450-1920 m |
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Habit |
Terrestrial, medium-sized to large; rhizomes decumbent. |
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Leaves |
Fronds 60-100(-150) cm long; stipe 1/2 or more frond length, straw-colored, glossy, glabrous, except at very base; blade regularly 1-pinnate-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid, bright green, ovate or ovate-triangular, chartaceous, pinnae cut to winged rachises, tips pinnatifid; rachises winged nearly to basal pinna pairs, or often only to space between first or second pinna pairs; pinnae 8-12 pairs, cut to winged rachis, lobes and irregular projections present on most pinnae (absent on the most distal pinnae), numerous and regularly arranged, well separated, long, pectinate, obliquely pointing toward pinna tips; ultimate segments wide, cut only to winged costae. |
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Sori |
Coenosori long on pinna lobes and wings. |
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Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |