Sadleria

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Sadleria
Sadleria cyatheoides
Sadleria cyatheoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Athyriales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Sadleria
Kaulfuss
Species

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Sadleria is a genus of six species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, all endemic to Hawaii.[1]

Species
  • Sadleria cyatheoides Kaulf. (Amaumau or Rasp Fern)
  • Sadleria pallida Hook. & Arn.
  • Sadleria souleyetiana (Gaud.) T.Moore
  • Sadleria squarrosa (Gaud.) T.Moore
  • Sadleria unisora (Bak.) Rob.
  • Sadleria wagneriana D.D.Palmer & Flynn

The Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Kīlauea is named after S. cyatheoides.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fern pages: Sadleria