Doryopteris angelica

Doryopteris angelica

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Doryopteris
Species: D. angelica
Binomial name
Doryopteris angelica
K.Wood & W.H.Wagner

Doryopteris angelica is a rare fern species, known by the common name Kauai digit fern. It is endemic to Hawaii where only small populations are known.[1]

The ferns grow on slopes in Hawaiian tropical rainforests habitat, and have been found only on the island of Kauaʻi.[2] It was federally listed as an endangered species in 2010.[3]

Taxonomy

Doryopteris angelica is closely related to Doryopteris decora, and was first described as a separate species in 1999.[4] It is now placed in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Doryopteris angelica. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. ↑ Daniel D. Palmer. 2003. Hawaii's Ferns and Fern Allies. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, HI, USA. ISBN 978-0-8248-2522-5
  3. ↑ USFWS. Determination of endangered status for 48 species on Kauai and designation of critical habitat. Federal Register April 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ Kenneth R. Wood and Warren H. Wagner. 1999. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  5. ↑ Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (18 February 2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. ISSN 1179-3163.


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