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Known as the Tropical Forked Fern, and widespread in the Neotropics. Photo from El Dorado Lodge area, northeastern Colombia
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Dipteris conjugata
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Farino, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Farino, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie
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Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia.
Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw. Gleicheniaceae. CN: [Malay - Resam, Bengkawang], Tropical bracken. Naturalized pan-tropically. Distinctive branching habit with the main rachis divided dichotomously several times; only ultimate branches and accessory branches leafy; leafy parts lobed pinnately to branch. Fertile pinnules underside of leaf developing sori near vein of lobe; no indusium. One of the commonest ferns in open spaces forming thick thickets. Weed and erosion control.Synonym(s):
Dicranopteris dichotoma (Thunb.) Bernh.
Dicranopteris sandwicensis O. Deg. [
Dicranopteris linearis forma
emarginata]
Gleichenia emarginata T. Moore [
Dicranopteris linearis forma
emarginata]
Gleichenia linearis (Burm. f.) C. B. Clarke
Mertensia emarginata Brack. [
Dicranopteris linearis forma
emarginata]
Polypodium dichotomum Thunb.
Polypodium lineare Burm. f. Ref. and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412460
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Volcano, Hawaii, United States
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Farino, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie
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Farino, Sud, Nouvelle-Caldonie
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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K-tree Road, Misty Mountains area, north Queensland
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K-tree Road, Misty Mountains area, north Queensland
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Uluhe lau nui*Gleicheniaceae (Forked fern family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niihau & Kahoolawe)Foreground Photo: Kaala Natural Area Reserve, OahuBackground, top of photo: uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)Medicinally, early Hawaiians used the juice of uluhe as a laxative for constipation._____Fronds were, and still are, used in lei making.* The name in Hawaiian is translated as "lau," leaf, and "nui" large; literally: large-leaved uluhe.
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Two members of the Forked fern family (Gleicheniaceae) growing together in a Hawaiian forest. Upper center & left: Uluhe lau nui* (Diplopterygium pinnatum)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niihau & Kahoolawe)Lower center & right: Uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niihau & Kahoolawe)
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/14002480298/in/photolist...Photo: Kaala Natural Area Reserve, OahuMedicinally, early Hawaiians used the juice of uluhe as a laxative for constipation.Fronds were, and still are, used in lei making._____* The name in Hawaiian is translated as "lau," leaf, and "nui" large, literally: large-leaved uluhe.
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New Caledonia
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