| Pteridophyte | Literature for Sadleria souleyetiana
Palmer, 2003. |
| Blechnaceae | Bibliography |
| Sadleria souleyetiana | |
Common name(s): `ama`u, `ama`uma`u, ma`u, ma`uma`u, pua`a `ehu`ehu, `ama`u, `ama`uma`u, ma`u, ma`uma`u, pua`a `ehu`ehu |
| 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. |
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| Habitat | Closed- or open-canopied mesic to wet forests. | |
| Elevation | 400-1550 m |
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| Habit |
Plants medium-sized to large; rhizomes erect to decumbent, thick. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds erect, 50-350 cm long; stipe grooved, tan, naked except near base where thickly covered with a mat of scales resembling wet tissue paper, scales broad, thin, paperlike, tan, sometimes with dark central area at base, not glandular; blade 1-pinnate-pinnatisect to 2-pinnate at bases of larger pinnae, lanceolate-ovate; pinnae widest in middle; ultimate segments (40-)60-90 pairs per pinna, linear-falcate, 1.8-3.3 cm long, basiscopic basal segments often enlarged, pinnatifid, and overlying rachis, or not, to minimally enlarged; veins translucent in living material, visible as dark or raised lines on dried specimens, ending in hydathodes short of segment margin. |
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| Notes |
Name honors Jean Andre Souliei (1858-1900), French Roman Catholic priest, missionary to Tibet, and enthusiastic botanical and zoological collector. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |