Adenophorus tamariscinus

(Wahini Noho Mauna)

Overview:

Vulnerable

Conservation Status

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NatureServe: G3 Vulnerable

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Pteridophytina (Eichler, 1883) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Pteridophytes
        Infraphylum: Filices (Linnaeus, 1753) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Ferns
        Class: Filicopsida - Ferns
        Order: Filicales Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Grammitidaceae (gram-MY-tis)
        Genus: Adenophorus - Kihifern
        Specific epithet: tamariscinus (Kaulfuss) Hook. & Grev.
        Botanical name: Adenophorus tamariscinus (Kaulfuss) Hook. & Grev.

Unambiguous Synonyms:

Amphoradenium tamariscinum (Kaulfuss) Copeland
Polypodium tamariscinum Kaulfuss

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Physical Description

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Family Grammitidaceae:

Plants perennial, mostly small, on rock or commonly epiphytic [rarely terrestrial]. Stems long- to short-creeping or suberect, usually unbranched, bearing scales [rarely scales absent], solenostelic (having phloem on both sides of xylem) to dictyostelic (having complex nets of xylem) . Leaves erect, arching, or pendent, monomorphic [rarely with specialized fertile areas], less than 50 cm [rarely longer], usually scaleless throughout. Petioles often dark-colored and wiry, commonly terete, usually less than 2 mm diam., articulate or not articulate, with 1 or 2 vascular strands. Blades simple and entire to commonly pinnatifid or 1-pinnate, rarely 2-pinnate or more divided, glabrous or commonly bearing hairs, especially on petioles and rachises; hairs tan to dark reddish brown [or transparent], unicellular to multicellular; rachises often dark-colored, not grooved adaxially. Veins free [to anastomosing in simple patterns]; hydathodes present or absent, sometimes obscured by lime dots adaxially. Sori abaxial on veins, round to oblong [occasionally elongate]; paraphyses present or absent, these glandular or hairlike; sporangia with stalk of 1 row of cells; indusia absent. Spores greenish, tetrahedral-globose, trilete, surface commonly papillate. Gametophytes greenish, borne aboveground, ribbon-shaped, sometimes bearing multicellular gemmae.

Genera ca. 10 or more, species ca. 500 or more (1 genus, 1 species in the flora) : mostly tropical and subtropical, North America, ca. 250 in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Circumscription of genera is unsettled and in some cases arbitrarily based on blade dissection. Generic limits need redefinition and are the subject of current study. The family description above encompasses the worldwide variation. Relationships of the family have generally been thought to be with the Polypodiaceae with which the family is sometimes combined, but that is open to question. Most species are epiphytic, and many occur in cloud forests at middle and high elevations.^[1]

Habit: Forb/herb

Images:

Adenophorus tamariscinus Adenophorus tamariscinus Photographer: Charles H. Lamoureux
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Adenophorus tamariscinus Adenophorus tamariscinus Photographer: Gerald D. Carr
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Adenophorus tamariscinus Adenophorus tamariscinus Photographer: Gerald D. Carr
Location Taken: Hawaii Copyright: © Gerald D. Carr ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 116537

Adenophorus tamariscinus Adenophorus tamariscinus Photographer: Gerald D. Carr
Location Taken: Hawaii Copyright: © Gerald D. Carr ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 116539

Adenophorus tamariscinus Adenophorus tamariscinus Photographer: Charles H. Lamoureux
Location Taken: Hawaii Copyright: © C.H. Lamoureux ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 116535