Deparia kaalaana (Copel.) M.Kato (1984:400)

Serpent fern

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Athyrium kaalaanum Copel.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 9(5): 438 (1914); Diplazium kaalanum (Copel.) C.Chr.; Index Filic., Suppl. 2, 12 (1917)

Conservation Status

Possibly extinct in the wild (Wood et al., 2019:7)

Last record: November 1909 (Oppenheimer & Bustamente, 2014:103)

Rediscovered on 10 April 2013 (Oppenheimer & Bustamente, 2014:107)

Last wild record: 2016 (Wood et al., 2019:7)

Distribution

Hawai'i, Kaua'i & Maui (eastern), Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Kato, M. (1984). J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 13: 400.

Other references:

Hassler, Michael. (2004-2023). World Ferns. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 17.2; last update Oct. 18th, 2023. Available at: https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/https://www.worldplants.de/ferns/ [Accessed 21 October 2023]

Oppenheimer, Hank L. and Bustamente, Keahi. (2014). Rediscovery, Ecology, and Habitat of Deparia kaalaana (Copel.) M.Kato (Athyriaceae). American Fern Journal 104(2): 103-107.

Palmer, Daniel Dooley. (2002). Hawaiʻi's Ferns and Fern Allies. University of Hawaii Press.

Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.

Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.

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