| Pteridophyte | Literature for Sadleria unisora
Palmer, 2003. |
| Blechnaceae | Bibliography |
| Sadleria unisora | |
Common name(s): `ama`u, `ama`uma`u, ma`u, ma`uma`u, pua`a `ehu`ehu, `apu`u |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i. |
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| Habitat | Steep, dark, damp stream walls in wet forest areas | |
| Elevation | 400-1520 m |
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| Habit |
Plants small; rhizomes pendent to decumbent. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds drooping, 17-43 cm long; stipe 1-3 mm wide at base, dark brown to purplish black, abundant glandular hairs present, sparsely covered with scales; scales brown to dark reddish brown, linear-attenuate, tips thin, tapering, abundant glandular hairs on margins; blade 2-pinnate, lanceolate, subcoriaceous, tips obtuse; rachises sparsely scaly throughout; pinnae 14-24 pairs, 1.9-3.5 cm long, tips obtuse, glandular hairs present; ultimate segments 3-7 pairs per pinna, shorter than 0.5 cm, round to ovate, tips obtuse, concave abaxially; veins obscure. |
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| Sori |
Sori 1-2 per segment; indusia thin, sparse, and interrupted. |
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| Notes |
Latin, unus, one, + sorus, heap, in reference to the often single sorus on the ultimate segments. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |