Biology:Ophioderma falcatum

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Short description: Species of fern

Puapua moa
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Ophioderma falcatum in Hawaii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Ophioderma
Species:
O. falcatum
Binomial name
Ophioderma falcatum
(C.Presl) O. Deg.
Synonyms
  • Ophioglossum pendulum L. ssp. falcatum (C. Presl) R.T. Clausen
  • Ophioglossum falcatum (C. Presl) Fowler
  • Ophioderma pendulum (L.) C. Presl var. falcatum C. Presl

Ophioderma falcatum is known as puapua moa or laukahi in Hawaii. It is a fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, and many people still classify it as an Ophioglossum. Some consider it a subspecies of Ophioderma pendulum. An epiphyte, it is native to the Hawaiian islands except for Ni'ihau and Kaho'olawe.[1] It also grows on some other Pacific islands.

References

  1. ↑ Smithsonian Institution (2010), Flora of the Hawaiian Islands, http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/result.cfm?genus=Ophioderma&species=pendulum&rank1=subsp.&epithet1=falcatum 

Wikidata ☰ Q7097929 entry



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