Phymatosorus scolopendria

Phymatosorus scolopendria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Phymatosorus
Species: Phymatosorus scolopendria
Binomial name
Phymatosorus scolopendria
(Burm. f.) Pic. Serm.
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysopteris phymatodes (L.) Link
  • Microsorum scolopendria (Burm. f.) Copel.
  • Phymatodes phymatodes (L.) Maxon
  • Phymatodes scolopendria (Burm. f.) Ching
  • Phymatodes vulgaris C. Presl
  • Pleopeltis phymatodes (L.) T. Moore
  • Polypodium phymatodes L.
  • Polypodium scolopendria Burm. f.

Phymatosorus scolopendria[2] commonly called monarch fern, musk fern, maile-scented fern, lauaʻe or wart fern is a species of fern[3] within the Polypodiaceae family. 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 is Lauaʻe.[5][6]

The scientific name P. scolopendria has been misapplied to Microsorum grossum.[7]

External Sources

References

  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. "Maile-Scented Fern". Na mea kanu o Kamehameha. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. "Microsorum scolopendria". National Tropical Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. Palmer, Daniel D. (Daniel Dooley) (2003). Hawaiʻi's ferns and fern allies. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. ISBN 9780824833473.
  5. Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database (Bishop Museum, Honolulu)
  6. Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of Lauaʻe ". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press.
  7. "Phymatosorus grossus – Musk Fern". Hawaiian Plants and Tropical Flowers. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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