Elaphoglossum samoense


 
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syn. Acrostichum samoense, Acrostichum squamosum, Elaphoglossum splendens

 
distribution:

Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Samoa (?): Savai'i, Tutuila
Society Islands: Huahine, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti

 
native name: -

 
left:

Elaphoglossum samoense


Photo: Gerald McCormack

http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6095

 
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)
- Germinal Rouhan; David H. Lorence; Timothy J. Motley; Judith Garrison Hanks; Robbin C. Moran: Systematic revision of Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae) in French Polynesia, with the description of three new species. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158, 309-331