Ophioglossum pendulum


 
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syn. Ophioderma pendula

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: 'Atiu, Mangaia, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Rarotonga
Fiji: Rotuma
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu
Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka, Ua Poa
Samoa: Namu'a, Nu'utele, Savai'i, Ta'u, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands: Maupiti, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti
Tuamotu Archipelago: Makatea
Tubuai Islands: Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai

 
native name:

kikapakue - Marquesas
mave - Society Islands; Tubuai Islands
laukahi - Hawai'i Islands
puapua moa - Hawai'i Islands
repene - Rotuma / Fiji
ripene - Society Islands; Tuamotu Archipelago
tikapa kuee - Marquesas

 
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Ophioglossum pendulum


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

 
f. falcatum

 
syn. Ophioderma falcatum, Ophioderma pendula var. falcata, Ophioglossum falcatum, Ophioglossum pendulum, Ophioglossum pendulum ssp. falcatum

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, O'ahu
Society Islands: Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti

 
einheimischer Name:

laukahi - Hawai'i Islands
mave - Society Islands
puapua moa - Hawai'i Islands
ripene - Society Islands

 
left:

Ophioglossum pendulum f. falcatum


Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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)