Vandenboschia maxima   ((Blume) Copel.)


 
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syn. Crepidomanes maximum ((Blume) K. Iwats.), Trichomanes japonicum var. formosanum (Christ), Trichomanes maximum (Blume)

 
distribution: (within Polynesia)

Austral Islands: Rapa
Cook Islands: Rarotonga
Samoa: Savai'i, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands: Huahine, Mo'orea, Ra'iatea, Tahiti

 
local name: -

 
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Vandenboschia maxima


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
- A. Ebihara; J.-Y. Dubuisson; K. Iwatsuki; S. Hennequin; M. Ito: A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae. Blumea 51: 221-280. 2006
- Joel H. Nitta: Distribution, Ecology and Systematics of the Filmy Ferns (Hymenophyllaceae) of Moorea, French Polynesia. Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands 16: 177-199. 2006