Gahnia aspera   ((R.Br.) Spreng.)


 
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syn. Gahnia aspera f. distans (Domin), Gahnia aspera var. angustinus (Kük.), Gahnia boninsimae (Maxim.), Gahnia rawacensis ((Kunth) Steud.), Gahnia stokesii (F. Br.), Hexalepis scabrifolia (Boeckeler), Lampocarya rawacensis (Kunth)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Raivavae, Rapa
Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Fiji: Kadavu, Lakeba, Qalito, Vanua Levu
Wallis and Futuna: Futuna

 
local name:

matava - Fiji
poekoea - Austral Islands
tutuna - Austral Islands

 
left:

Gahnia aspera


Photo: M. Fagg
ANBG Photo No.: dig.8522

Australian National Botanic Gardens
http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg

 
ssp. globosa ((H. Mann) J. Kern)

 
syn. Gahnia congesta (Boeckeler), Gahnia globosa (H. Mann), Gahnia mucronata (Boeckeler), Mariscus congestus ((Boeckeler) Kuntze), Mariscus globosus ((H. Mann) Kuntze)

 
distribution:

Hawai'i Islands: Kaua'i, O'ahu

 
local name: -

 
left:

Gahnia aspera ssp. globosa


Photo: J. K. Obata; by courtesy of Gerald D. Carr

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm

 
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