Cyclosorus parasitica


 
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syn. Christella parasitica, Cyclosorus parasiticus, Dryopteris parasitica, Dryopteris parasitica var. pitcairnensis, Nephrodium cucullatum

 
distribution:

Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Fiji: Vanua Levu
Norfolk Islands: Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands: Pitcairn
Samoa: Ofu (?), Savai'i, Tutuila
Society Islands: Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti
Tonga: 'Eua
Tuamotu Archipelago: Mangareva (Gambier-Inseln)
Tubuai Islands: Raivavae, Rapa, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai

 
native name:

moku - Tubuai Islands
moku noanoa - Tubuai Islands

 
left:

Cyclosorus parasitica


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
References:

- Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf: A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55:33, 705-731 (2006)