Nephrolepis hirsutula


 
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distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: Aitutaki, 'Atiu, Mangaia, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Rarotonga, Takutea, Tongareva
Fiji: Lakeba, Nasoata, Nayau, Nukulau, Rotuma, Taveuni, Vanua Levu, Viti Levu
Kiribati: Palmyra
Marquesas: Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Mohotani, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka, Ua Pou
New Zealand: Macauley Island, Raoul Island / Kermadec Islands
Niue
Norfolk
Islands: Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands: Henderson, Pitcairn
Samoa: 'Aunu'u, Namu'a, Nu'ulua, Nu'utele, Ofu, Olosega, Savai'i, Swains Island, Ta'u, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands
: Bora Bora, Huahine, Mai'ao, Maupiti, Mehetia, Moorea, Mopelia, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti
Tokelau: Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu
Tonga: 'Eua
Tuamotu Archipelago: Agakauitai, Akamaru, Aukena, Makaroa, Mangareva, Taravai (Gambier Islands); Makatea, Niau, Takapoto
Tubuai Islands: Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai
Tuvalu: Niulakita
Wallis and Futuna: Uvea

 
native name:

amo'a - Society Islands
amo'a rahi - Tuamotu Archipelago
amoa rai - Society Islands
autapa mei - Marquesas
digi - Fiji
hulufe - Tonga
julia - Rotuma / Fiji
kakaahua - Marquesas
kolota - Tubuai Islands
kolotaa - Tubuai Islands
lau maile kimoa - Tokelau
maire toa - Tongareva / Cook Islands
mohuku - Niue
moomoo - Tubuai Islands
potini - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
te keang - Kiribati
te keang ni imatang - Kiribati
titi - Tuamotu Archipelago
turoutou - 'Atiu, Mangaia, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Rarotonga / Cook Islands

 
left:

Nephrolepis hirsutula


Photo: David H. Lorence

National Tropical Botanical Garden
3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo HI 96741 USA
http://www.ntbg.org
 
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/marquesasflora/index.htm
 
left:

Nephrolepis hirsutula


Photo: Andy Murdock

http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/moorea/index.html

 
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)