Pteridophyte | Literature for Vandenboschia davallioides
Palmer, 2003. |
Hymenophyllaceae -- The Filmy Fern Family | Bibliography |
Vandenboschia davallioides | |
Common name(s): kilau, palai hihi |
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 | Shaded mesic and wet forests | |
Elevation | 250-1800 m |
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Habit |
Terrestrial to epiphytic medium-sized; rhizomes climbing, 1-3 mm diameter, heavily covered with fine, black hairs. |
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Leaves |
Fronds erect to drooping, 12-45 x 4-18 cm; stipe short, usually less than 1/5 frond length, with fine, dark hairs on younger stipes; blade 2- to 3-pinnate, lanceolate, narrowed at base, green to gray green, stiff-membranous; pinnae lanceolate to long-deltate, middle pinnae mostly 2-3 x longer than wide; ultimate segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, deeply lobed, lobes tipped with obtuse teeth. |
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Sori |
Sori projecting within plane of blade; indusia long, cone-shaped, sessile to stalked, tips more or less flared. |
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Notes |
Davallia, for a fern genus, + oides, resembling, probably suggesting that the indusia resemble those of that genus. |
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Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |