Adenophorus
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Adenophorus is a genus of fern
s in the family Polypodiaceae
. It is one of those formerly separated as the Grammitidaceae. There are ten species, all endemic to Hawaii
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Species include:
Fern
A fern is any one of a group of about 12,000 species of plants belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Unlike mosses, they have xylem and phloem . They have stems, leaves, and roots like other vascular plants...
s in the family Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes more than 60 genera divided into several tribes and containing around 1,000 species. Nearly all are epiphytes, but some are terrestrial.-Description:...
. It is one of those formerly separated as the Grammitidaceae. There are ten species, all endemic to Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
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Species include:
- Adenophorus abietinus
- Adenophorus epigaeus
- Adenophorus haalilioanus
- Adenophorus hymenophylloides
- Adenophorus montanus
- Adenophorus oahuensis
- Adenophorus periensAdenophorus periensAdenophorus periens is a rare species of fern known by the common name pendant kihi fern. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from one population in Puna on the island of Hawaii and a few occurrences on Kauai and Molokai. The fern occurs in wet mountain forests on volcanic slopes. It grows...
- Adenophorus pinnatifidus
- Adenophorus tamariscinus
- Adenophorus tripinnatifidus