Macrothelypteris polypodioides   ((W. J. Hooker) R. E. Holttum)


 
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syn. Alsophila polypodioides (W. J. Hooker), Dryopteris leucolepis ((C. B. Presl) W. R. Maxon), Dryopteris setigera ((C. L. Blume) O. Kuntze), Dryopteris setigera var. squamiciliata (R. N. Bonaparte), Lastrea leucolepis (C. B. Presl), Polypodium pallidum (W. D. Brackenridge), Thelypteris leucolepis ((C. B. Presl) R. C. Ching)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral-Inseln: Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu
Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Samoa: Ta'u, Tutuila
Society Islands: Bora Bora, Huahine, Me'eti'a, Mo'orea, Tahiti

 
local name: -

 
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Macrothelypteris polypodioides


Photo: (under creative commons licence) Moorea Biocode, by Joel Nitta; by courtesy of Joel Nitta

http://mooreabiocode.org

 
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