Microlepia mauiensis (Maui Fern)

Overview

Threatened

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Maui Fern

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Moniliformopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997, Nom. Nud.
        Class: Filicopsida () - Cronquist Et Al.
        Order: Polypodiales () - Link
        Family: Dennstaedtiaceae () - J.p. Lotsy, 1909
        Genus: Microlepia ()
        Specific epithet: mauiensis - W.H. Wagner
        Botanical name: - Microlepia mauiensis W.H. Wagner

Notes

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

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Microlepia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 232 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. aculeata · M. adiantoides · M. adulterina · M. affinis · M. akhoensis · M. alata · M. ampla · M. angustipinna · M. arcuata · M. aspidioides · M. attenuata · M. austroizuensis · M. biflora · M. bipinnata · M. biserrata · M. blumei · M. boryana · M. brasiliensis · M. brooksii · M. calcescens · M. calobodon · M. calvescens · M. campylura · M. caudata · M. caudifolia · M. caudiformis · M. caudigera · M. caudipinnata · M. chaerophylla · M. chinensis · M. chingii · M. chishuiensis · M. chrysocarpa · M. ciliata · M. communis · M. concinan · M. concinna · M. coniitolia · M. crassa · M. crenata · M. crenato-serrata · M. cristata · M. critica · M. cystopteroides · M. decurrens · M. denhami · M. dennstaedtioides · M. distans · M. domingensis · M. doniana · M. dubia · M. effusa · M. elegans · M. exserta · M. fabacea · M. fadenii · M. firma · M. firmula · M. flaccida · M. flexuosa · M. fluminensis · M. formosana · M. forsteri · M. francii · M. fujianensis · M. galeottii · M. ganlanbaensis · M. gigantea · M. glaberrima · M. glabra · M. gracilis · M. grammatosora · M. grandissima · M. gymnocarpa · M. haflangensis · M. hainanensis · M. hallbergii · M. hancei · M. henriettae · M. herbacea · M. hirsuta · M. hirsutissima · M. hirta · M. hirtiindusiata · M. hispida · M. hispidula · M. hookerana var. marginalis · M. hookeriana · M. humilis · M. hypolepidoides · M. inaequalis · M. inaequalis var. minor · M. incisa · M. intermedia · M. intramarginalis · M. izu-peninsulae · M. jamaicensis · M. japonica · M. kansuensis · M. khasiyana

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2671376
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-507519
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17561030-1
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 507519
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17561030
Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPDEN06030
U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MIMA11
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48002