Ophioderma falcatum

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