Biology:Microsorum scolopendria

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Short description: Species of fern

Microsorum scolopendria
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microsorum
Species:
M. scolopendria
Binomial name
Microsorum scolopendria
(Burm.f.) Copel.[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Phymatosorus banerjianus Link
  • (Spreng.ex Link) Link (S.Pal & N.Pal) Pic.Serm.
  • Phymatosorus scolopendria (Burm.f.) Pic.Serm.
  • Pleopeltis phymatodes Drynaria longipes
  • (L.) Bedd. Pleopeltis phymatodes
  • (L.) Moore Pleopeltis schneideri
  • (Link) J.Sm. Alderw.
  • Polypodium alternifolium (Willd.) Link
  • Polypodium alternifolium Drynaria phymatodes
  • Willd. Polypodium fuentesii
  • Hicken Chrysopteris peltidea
  • (L.) Fée Vahl
  • Polypodium longipes Link ex Kunze
  • Polypodium madagascariense Drynaria vulgaris
  • Desv. Polypodium peltideum
  • Link Polypodium phymatodes
  • (C.Presl) J.Sm. L.
  • Polypodium phymatodes var. partitum Blume
  • Polypodium scolopendria Microsorum alternifolium
  • Burm.f. Polypodium scutifrons
  • Bojer Chrysopteris longipes
  • (Link) Link (Willd.) Copel.
  • Spreng. ex Link Pteris lobata
  • Roxb. Phymatodes banerjiana
  • (L.) Cav. S.Pal & N.Pal
  • Phymatodes longipes Chrysopteris phymatodes
  • (Link) J.Sm. Phymatodes peltidea
  • (Link) J.Sm. Phymatodes phymatodes
  • (L.) Link (L.) Maxon
  • Phymatodes scolopendria (Burm.fil.) Ching
  • Phymatodes terminalis Chrysopteris terminalis
  • (Spreng.ex Link) J.Sm. Phymatodes vulgaris
  • Tectaria phymatodes C.Presl
  • Polypodium terminale Polypodium immersum

Microsorum scolopendria, synonym Phymatosorus scolopendria,[1] commonly called monarch fern, musk fern, maile-scented fern, breadfruit fern, or wart fern is a species of fern[2][3] within the family Polypodiaceae. This fern grows in the wild in the Western Pacific rim from Australia to New Caledonia to Fiji and throughout the South Pacific to French Polynesia.

It was introduced in Hawaii in the late 1910s and has subsequently naturalized rapidly. It is found on all main islands.[4] Its Hawaiian name lauaʻe[5] is thought to have originally referred to the native fern Microsorum spectrum.[6]

The scientific name M. scolopendria has been misapplied to Microsorum grossum (and their synonyms in Phymatosorus).[7]

Uses

When crushed, the fern issues a scent similar to maile.[6] Sometimes, pieces of the fern are interlaced in leis made of strung-up keys (individual drupes) of the pandanus fruit.[5][6] It is also one of the plants used for scenting kapa fabric.[8][9]

Folklore

Expanses of the fern famously grows in Makana on Kauaʻi, and is commemorated in song.[10][9]

Media

References

Citations
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hassler, Michael; Schmitt, Bernd (January 2020), "Phymatosorus scolopendria", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, Version 8.20, https://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu/ferns/, retrieved 2020-02-11 
  2. "Maile-Scented Fern". http://kms.kapalama.ksbe.edu/projects/2003/plants/lauaefern/. 
  3. "Microsorum scolopendria". http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=8853. 
  4. Palmer, Daniel D. (2003). Hawaiʻi's ferns and fern allies. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 9780824833473. http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=8853. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986). "lauaʻe, lauwaʻe". Hawaiian Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780824807030. https://books.google.com/books?id=bHdRhjL9Y9EC&pg=PA194. 
    Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of Lauaʻe". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?a=q&j=pk&l=en&q=Laua%CA%BBe&a=d&d=D10468. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Abbott 1992, pp. 127, 145.
  7. "Phymatosorus grossus – Musk Fern". http://wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/861/phymatosorus-grossus-musk-fern/. 
  8. Abbott 1992, p. 58.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "laua'e". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bishop Museum. http://data.bishopmuseum.org/ethnobotanydb/ethnobotany.php?b=d&ID=lauae. 
  10. Pukui 1983, pp. 166, 210.
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