Ptisana salicina


 
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syn. Marattia cincta, Marattia elegans, Marattia grantii, Marattia salicina, Marattia stokesii

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Raivavae, Rapa, Tubuai
Cook Islands
: Rarotonga
Marquesas: Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, Ua Huka, Ua Pou
New Zealand: Great Barrier Island (ex) / Auckland; Bay of Plenty; Coromandel; Eastland; Northland; Taranaki; Waikato / North Island
Norfolk Islands: Norfolk Island
Society Islands
: Huahine, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Taha'a, Tahiti

 
local name:

mouku - New Zealand
pa'a - Marquesas
pa'a hei - Hiva Oa / Marquesas
pala - Austral Islands
para - Rarotonga / Cook Islands; Society Islands; New Zealand
para reka - New Zealand
para tawhiti - New Zealand
uhipara - New Zealand
uwhipara - New Zealand

 
left:

Ptisana salicina


Photo: Gerald McCormack; mit freundlicher Genehmigung von Gerald McCormack

http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6373

 
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
- Andrew G. Murdock: A taxonomic revision of the eusporangiate fern family Marattiaceae, with description of a new genus Ptisana. Taxon 57(3): 737–755. 2008