Polypodium pellucidum

Species of plant

Polypodium pellucidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Polypodium
Species:
P. pellucidum
Binomial name
Polypodium pellucidum
Kaulf.

Polypodium pellucidum (ʻAe) is a species of fern which grows on lava flows in Hawaii.[1]

Description

It is one of the first plants to colonize a new lava flow and is often found growing in small cracks.[1]

Range

It is found only in the Hawaiian islands.[2]

Taxonomy

Polypodium pellucidum contains the following varieties:

  • Polypodium pellucidum var. acuminatum[2]
  • Polypodium pellucidum var. pellucidum[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ferns". Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  2. ^ a b c "Polypodium pellucidum Kaulf". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
Taxon identifiers
Polypodium pellucidum
  • Wikidata: Q17114477
  • CoL: 4LGFX
  • EoL: 597736
  • GBIF: 5274948
  • iNaturalist: 123573
  • IPNI: 20007399-1
  • IRMNG: 11293988
  • ITIS: 17248
  • NatureServe: 2.138468
  • NCBI: 38392
  • Open Tree of Life: 488751
  • Plant List: tro-26602408
  • PLANTS: POPE5
  • POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17197320-1
  • Tropicos: 26602408
  • WFO: wfo-0001109248
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