Sadleria cyatheoides | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Genus: | Sadleria |
Species: | S. cyatheoides |
Binomial name | |
Sadleria cyatheoides Kaulf. | |
Synonyms | |
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Sadleria cyatheoides, commonly known as amaumau fern or ʻamaʻu, is a fern species in the family Blechnaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. 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 is named for this species.
Its pith and young fronds are edible either roasted or steamed.
Description
The young fronds are often tinged red to block harmful rays from the Sun.
References
- "Sadleria cyatheoides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
- Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Sadleria cyatheoides". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
- NRCS. "Sadleria cyatheoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Chock, Alvin K. (1968). "Hawaiian Ethnobotanical Studies I. Native Food and Beverage Plants". Economic Botany. 22 (3): 221–238. ISSN 0013-0001.
- 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): 490–509. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys001. PMID 22223449.
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
- Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider & Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. JSTOR 25065646.
- 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.
- Read on a sign in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on 31.10.2013
External links
- Sadleria cyatheoides. NatureServe. 2012.
- Media related to Sadleria cyatheoides at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sadleria cyatheoides at Wikispecies
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