Menisciopsis wailele (Flynn) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm.

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Thelypteris wailele Flynn in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20: 246 (1995); Cyclosorus wailele (Flynn) W.H.Wagner in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 22: 156 (1999); Christella wailele (Flynn) D.D.Palmer in Amer. Fern J. 92: 100 (2002)

Conservation Status

Last record: 1909 (Wood & Fawcett, 2022)

Rediscovered in 1992 by Timothy W. Flynn (PTBG Herbarium Curator) (Wood & Fawcett, 2022)

Distribution

Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

It is most likely an obligate rheophyte (Wood & Fawcett, 2022).

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wagner, W. H., Wagner, F. S. and Flynn, T. (1995). Taxonomic notes on the pteridophytes of Hawaii. Contributions of the University of Michigan Herbarium 20:241–260.

Other references:

Fawcett, S. and Smith, A. R. (2021). A generic classification of the Thelypteridaceae. Sida, Botanical Miscellany 59. Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press, U.S.A.

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 20th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 4 November 2023]

Palmer, D. D. (2002). Taxonomic notes on Hawaiian pteridophytes. American Fern Journal 92: 97-104.

Wagner, W. H., Wagner, F. S., Palmer, D. D. and Hobdy, R. W. (1999). Taxonomic notes on the pteridophytes of Hawaii. Contributions of the University of Michigan Herbarium 22: 136-187.

Wood, Kenneth R. and Fawcett, Susan. (2022). Notes on Menisciopsis wailele (Thelypteridaceae), a Critically Endangered Rheophytic Fern Species from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands. American Fern Journal 112(2): 124-138.

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