Didymoglossum tahitense   ((Nadeaud) Ebihara &. K. Iwats.)


 
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syn. Hemiphlebium peltatum ((Baker) Luerss.), Microgonium tahitense ((Nadeaud) Tindale), Trichomanes omphalodes ((Vieill. ex E. Fourn.) C. Chr.), Trichomanes tahitense (Nadeaud)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Rurutu
Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Fiji: Vanua Levu, Viti Levu
Pitcairn-Inseln: Pitcairn
Samoa: Ofu, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands: Huahine, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Tahiti

 
local name:

limulimu - Austral Islands

 
left:

Didymoglossum tahitense


Photo: John Game; by courtesy of Gerald McCormack

http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6757

 
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
- A. Ebihara; J.-Y. Dubuisson; K. Iwatsuki; S. Hennequin; M. Ito: A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae. Blumea 51: 221-280. 2006
- Joel H. Nitta: Distribution, Ecology and Systematics of the Filmy Ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) of Moorea, French Polynesia. Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands 16: 177-199. 2006