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Adenophorus epigaeus

(L.E.Bishop) W.H.Wagner (1995)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Polypodiaceae Genus: Adenophorus

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Bibliography

Name Published In: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20: 257 (1995)

Other References

Palmer 2003:33 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunks. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10803 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
2 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphytic fern in moss cushions in swamp forest. Preserved_Specimen Erect herb up to 8 cm. Fronds fresh, light green. Sporangia brown. van Royen, P. 11700 Kauai BISH 1977-09-01
3 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common epiphyte in bog scrub forest. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3325 Kauai BISH 1991-06-18
4 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 365 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
5 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Trailing through bryophyte mats in ohia forest Preserved_Specimen Bishop, L.E. 52966 Kauai BISH 1966-05-29
6 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5977 Kauai BISH 1909-10-01
7 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8858 Kauai BISH 1911-10-21
8 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On tree trunks. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10803 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
9 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen epiphyte Flynn, T.W. 2118 Kauai BISH 1987-03-22
10 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5977 Kauai BISH 1909-10-01
11 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3345 Kauai BISH 1991-06-18
12 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 34 Kauai BISH 1982-10-09
13 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1911-10-20
14 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Brodie, A. 4041 Kauai BISH
15 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rolling hills with bogs, stream drainages, and steep perimeter rim, Metrosideros windswept shrubland few canopy trees of Cheirodendron & Metrosideros -w/ Dubautia laxa, D. paleata, Melicope clusiifolia, M. waialealae, M. kavaiensis, M. wawraena, M. cruciata, Dicranopteris linearis, Sticherus owhy Preserved_Specimen terrestrial in shrubland understory, fronds erect, common Wood, K.R. 8178 Kauai BISH 2000-02-01
16 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details A common epiphyte. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 3355 Kauai BISH 1991-06-17
17 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron short statured wet forest with open bog habitat dissected by headwater drainages with genera such as Melicope, Myrsine, Dubautia, Cheirodendron, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Labordia, Psychotria, Vaccinium , and Kadua, fern genera include Asplenlum, Adenophorus, Dryopteris, Sadleria, El Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial, with long creeping rhizomes, fronds erect, common. Wood, K.R. 16231 Kauai BISH 2015-01-20
18 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common on mossey roots and decaying trees. Preserved_Specimen Seale, A. Kauai BISH 1900-04-30
19 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Rhynchospora montane wet bog w/ Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila, M. p. var. glaberrima, Gahnia beecheyi, Oreobolus furcatus, Dicranopteris linearis, Vaccinium dentatum. V. calycinum, Coprosma elliptica, Dichanthelium cynodon, Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial or epiphytic fern, rhizome creeping, fronds arching erect, common. Wood, K.R. 16123 Kauai BISH 2014-10-03
20 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bogs dissected w/riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. W/ mixed sedges and grasses including Rhynchospora chinensis spiciformis, R. rugosa lavarum, Dichanthelium, Deschampsia, Machaerina, herbs of Plantago pachyphylla, Viola, shrubs of Metrodiseros, Dubau Preserved_Specimen rhizome creeping on Metrosideros trunk, fronds clustering erect, occaionally pendant, on moss covered trunk at 1m above ground, with occasional branching rachis Wood, K.R. 12514 Kauai BISH 2007-08-30
21 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros windswept shrubland few canopy trees of Cheirodendron & Metrosideros-w/Dubautia laxa, D. paleata, Melicope clusiifolia, M. waialeale, M. kavaiensis, M., wawraeana, M. cruciata, Dicranopteris linearis, Sticherus owhy Preserved_Specimen terrestrial and epiphytic, fronds erect, common with A. abietinus, A. hymenophylloides, A. pinnatifidus, A. tamariscinus, A. Wood, K.R. 8167 Kauai BISH 2000-02-01
22 Adenophorus epigaeus Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Epiphytic on low ohia stems and horizontal roots. Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 35 Kauai BISH 1982-10-09
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