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Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis

(W.H.Wagner) Miles K.Thomas (2023)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Dennstaedtiaceae Genus: Microlepia

hairy palapalai, palai, palapalai

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Bibliography

Name Published In: Amer. Fern J. 113(3): 214 (2023)

Other References

Palmer 2003:186 (M, H [as M. strigosa var. mauiensis]); Imada & Kennedy 2020:76 (O [as M. strigosa var. mauiensis]); Thomas & Gallaher 2023:214 (COMBNOV, Syn. M. strigosa var. mauiensis = M. setosa var. mauiensis); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:175 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Extremely hairy morph [of M. strigosa]. Hobdy, R.W. 1842 Maui BISH 1983-11-06
2 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2379 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
3 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Extremely hairy morph [of M. strigosa]. Hobdy, R.W. 1842 Maui BISH 1983-11-06
4 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rhizome creeping Forbes, C.N. 1870 Maui BISH 1920-03-06
5 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen all parts very hairy Palmer, D.D. 624 Hawaii BISH 1991-06-19
6 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2377 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
7 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered on steep talus slope in dense shade. Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Myrsine, Vaccinium, Dubautia, Perrottetia, Coprosma, Leptecophylla, Rubus, Sadleria, Diplazium, Athyrium, Dryopteris, Pipturus, Uncinia, Carex, Peperomia, Pneumatopteris, Asplenium, Elaphoglossum, Coniogramme, Lysimachia, Pteris, Pseudophegopteris. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 40934 Maui BISH 2009-04-29
8 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2378 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
9 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1848 Maui BISH 1983-11-06
10 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2377 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
11 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2379 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
12 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1870 Maui BISH 1920-03-06
13 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis East Maui, Manawainui Planeze, Manawainui fenceline, just east of Healani L.Z. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2103 Maui BISH 2000-09-28
14 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2378 Maui BISH 2016-10-16
15 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis East Maui, Manawainui Planeze, Manawainui fenceline, just east of Healani L.Z. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2103 Maui BISH 2000-09-28
16 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen BISH
17 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shaded gully. Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 412 Maui BISH 1983-06-27
18 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growig with Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrina, Antidesma platyphyllum, Dubeutia knudsenii, Xylosma hawaiiense, Polyscias oahuensis, Polyscias kavaiensis, Cyanea. Preserved_Specimen Patches of extra hairy and somewhat flexuous stiped Microlepia occasionally growing in rhizomatous patches in the understory. KPEPP 123503 Kauai BISH 2025-01-23
19 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lower, west facing slope of large drainage in large patch. Mesic Forest: Metrosideros polymorpha, Cheirodendron, Myrsine lessertiana, Ilex anomala, Rubus hawaiiensis, Carex uncinata, Hydrangea arguta, Dryopteris wallichiana Diplazium sandwichiana, Peperomia Preserved_Specimen Henderson, R. 59 Maui BISH 2024-10-21
20 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details shady Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 771 Maui BISH 1980-02-16
21 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Closed Metrosideros forest and scatttered Acacia with Cibotium, Coprosma, Myrsine on soil and aa. Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 6219 Hawaii BISH 1977-07-21
22 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros polymorpha var glaberrima, Perottetia sandwicensis, Perottetia wichmaniorum, Kadua affinis, Pipturus rubur, Pipturus alba, Xylosma hawaiiense, Melicope wawrae, Psychotria mariniana, Sphae Preserved_Specimen Growing in patches on low slopes between drainages. Exceptionally hairy. Deans, S. 5092202 Kauai BISH 2022-05-09
23 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Terrestrial, forming patches, scattered with M. strigosa var. strigosa. Metrosideros, Acacia, Ilex, Melicope, Leptecophylla, Myrsine, Coprosma, Broussaisia, Dodonaea, Dicraonpteris, Diplogperygium, Sticherus, Vaccinium, Dryopteris, Asplenium, Athyrium, Cibotium, Peperomia, Carex, Alyxia, Elaphoglossum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 51502 Maui BISH 2015-05-12
24 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Waianae Mts., Pahole Gulch along vegetation transect 3. Forested. Preserved_Specimen Fuzzy all over. Subtle zigzag to stipes. Other Microlepia strigosa around was not hairy at all. Small spot with ca. 5 individuals. Kawelo, K. 560 Oahu BISH 2021-10-07
25 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details wet, shaded Preserved_Specimen fern Herbst, D.R. 1624 Maui BISH 1970-06-12
26 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Metrosideros Montane Wet Forest Preserved_Specimen Terrestrial fern; single extensive patch observed Oppenheimer, H.L. 112328 Maui BISH 2023-11-16
27 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In damp shady spots. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 766 Maui BISH 1980-02-05
28 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered on steep talus slope in dense shade. Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Myrsine, Vaccinium, Dubautia, Perrottetia, Coprosma, Leptecophylla, Rubus, Sadleria, Diplazium, Athyrium, Dryopteris, Pipturus, Uncinia, Carex, Peperomia, Pneumatopteris, Asplenium, Elaphoglossum, Coniogramme, Lysimachia, Pteris, Pseudophegopteris. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 40934 Maui BISH 2009-04-29
29 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ieie-dominated understory near ridge top, Antidesma platyphyllum, Microlepia strigosa, Cyclosorus parasiticus, Athyrium microphyllum associated. Preserved_Specimen Stipes, costae, and lamina very hairy. Rachis very zigzaggy. Wild population of 10 individuals. Russell III, W.T. 556 Oahu BISH 2021-07-21
30 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Deschampsia, Metrosideros, Styphelia Preserved_Specimen Higashino, P.K. 2070 Maui BISH 1976-06-17
31 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details in rocky intermittent stream bed in dense shade. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Diplazium, Pteris, Elaphoglossum, Hedychium, Rubus, Erharta Preserved_Specimen Occasional Oppenheimer, H.L. 12404 Maui BISH 2024-01-04
32 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On flat on W side of stream at bottom of gulch in large patch. Remnant mesic forest: Metrosideros polymorpha, Myrsine lessertiana, Pipturus albidus, Bocconia frutescens, Coprosma, Christella dentata, Amauropelta globulifera, Dryopteris wallichiana, Polystichum hillebrandii, Pteris cretica, Lapsana communis, Rubus rosifolia, Melinis multiflora, Deschampsia nubigena, Carex uncinata, Lythrum maritimum, Adianthum raddianum, Adianthum hispidulum, Coniogramme pilosa, Elaphoglossum paleaceum. Preserved_Specimen Henderson, R. 60 Maui BISH 2024-10-30
33 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details shady gully Preserved_Specimen Medeiros, A.C. 412 Maui BISH 1983-06-27
34 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in dense wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Fern. Hobdy, R.W. 295 Maui BISH 1978-07-25
35 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Very hairy plant with zigzag rachis. Preserved_Specimen Palmer, D.D. 2279 Hawaii BISH 1995-06-08
36 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen about 20 plants, shrubs 1.5 m ht, fertile Perlman, S. 22455 Oahu BISH 2011-03-03
37 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Extremely hairy morph [of M. strigosa]. Hobdy, R.W. 1842 Maui BISH 1983-11-06
38 Microlepia setosa var. mauiensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Very hairy species in all its parts. Palmer, D.D. 636 Hawaii BISH 1991-06-20
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