Sadleria cyatheoides

Sadleria cyatheoides
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
(unranked): Eupolypods II
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Sadleria
Species: S. cyatheoides
Binomial name
Sadleria cyatheoides
Kaulf.[1]

Sadleria cyatheoides, commonly known as ʻAmaʻu, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade[2] of the order Polypodiales,[3] in the class Polypodiopsida.[4] It is endemic to Hawaii and inhabits lava flows, open areas, and wet forests on all major islands up to an altitude of 1,676 m (5,499 ft). Reaching a height of 0.9–1.5 m (3.0–4.9 ft) and a trunk diameter of 7.5–10 cm (3.0–3.9 in), ʻamaʻu resembles a small tree fern. Kīlauea's Halemaʻumaʻu Crater is named for this species.[5]

Description

The young fronds are often tinged red to block harmful rays from the sun.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Taxon: Sadleria cyatheoides Kaulf.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  2. ↑ Carl J. Rothfels, Anders Larsson, Li-Yaung Kuo, Petra Korall, Wen- Liang Chiou, Kathleen M. Pryer (2012). "Overcoming Deep Roots, Fast Rates, and Short Internodes to Resolve the Ancient Rapid Radiation of Eupolypod II Ferns". Systematic Biology 61 (1): 70.
  3. ↑ Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns". Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.
  4. ↑ Alan R. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra Korall, Harald Schneider & Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns". Taxon 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646.
  5. ↑ Little Jr., Elbert L.; Roger G. Skolmen (1989). "ʻAmaʻu, sadleria" (PDF). Common Forest Trees of Hawaii (Native and Introduced). United States Forest Service. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  6. ↑ Read on a sign in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on 31.10.2013

External links

Media related to Sadleria cyatheoides at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Sadleria cyatheoides at Wikispecies