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Nephrolepis × copelandii

W.H.Wagner (1999)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Nephrolepidaceae Genus: Nephrolepis

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous × Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Indigenous × Naturalized
Maui Indigenous × Naturalized
Hawai'i Indigenous × Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 22: 185 (1999)

Other References

Palmer 2003:193 (O, H, parentage: N. cordifolia × N. brownii [as N. multiflora]); Oppenheimer 2004:14 (WM); Note: assumed unstabilized hybrid

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Nephrolepis × copelandii W Maui, Lahaina District, Honolua Valleys Locally common in open, sunny, degraded forest. Nephrolepis cordifolia & N. multiflora both locally common. Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80304 Maui BISH 2003-08-08
2 Nephrolepis × copelandii W Maui, Lahaina District, Honolua Valleys Locally common in open, sunny, degraded forest. Nephrolepis cordifolia & N. multiflora both locally common. Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80304 Maui BISH 2003-08-08
3 Nephrolepis × copelandii Waianae, Lualualei dry forest Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. Oahu BISH 1992-09-01
4 Nephrolepis × copelandii Makaha. Northern Waianae mountains. Back of valley in restoration area. Mixed native/invasive mesic forest within restoration zone. Growing with Psidium cattleianum, Metrosideros polymorpha, Psychotria mariniana, Carex wahuensis, Microlepia setosa, Nephrolepis brownii, N. exaltata, and others. Preserved_Specimen Plants intermediate between cultivated form of Nephrolepis cordifolia and Nephrolepis brownii. Frond lanceolate, pinnae bases overlapping rachis as in the cultivated form of N. cordifoila. Abundant hair like scales along rachis. Plants matte like N. brownii. Thomas, M.K. 454 Oahu BISH 2022-09-21
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