Pteridophytes of the Society Islands |
Common terms and phrases
acuminate acute adnate altitude anastomosing apex apice articulate basal base bipinnate Borabora Brackenridge broad broadly Caudex ciliate clothed collection Copeland pl coriaceous costa creeping rhizome cuneate deciduous deltoid Diadem Drake Dryopteris Endemic epiphytic erect exindusiate Fautaua feet fertile fronds Fiji forked Forster fronds fronds pinnate genus glabrescent glabrous Grant Grantii Copeland hairy Hooker Huahine indusia indusium involucre lanceolate latis leaves linear Linnaeus longis lower lowest pinnae MacDaniels margin Matoereere meters Mettenius Moorea naked narrow oblique obtuse Ohiri Orofena Orohena ovate pairs paleae paleis Pantropic Papenoo pinnae pinnatifid pinnules plant Polynesia Polypodium preceding species Presl Quayle rachis Rhizome Rhizome creeping ridge to Aorai scales scaly segments sessile Setchell and Parks slender Society Islands sori sorus sparsely species nova pl sporangia stems sterile frond stipes stipes clustered stout subcoriaceous Swartz Tahaa tahitensis Tahiti Tahitian specimens tall Terrestrial ferns tripinnate Tropics type locality upper valley veins free venation wide winged