Sadleria is a genus of six species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, all endemic to Hawaii.[1]
Sadleria | |
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Sadleria cyatheoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Subfamily: | Blechnoideae |
Genus: | Sadleria Kaulf. |
Species | |
See text |
Taxonomy
editGeorg Friedrich Kaulfuss distinguished the genus in 1824 based on samples of S. cyatheoides acquired by Adelbert von Chamisso in 1821. Chamisso had been serving as the naturalist for a Russian scientific expedition led by Otto von Kotzebue aboard the vessel Rurick.[2] Kaulfuss named the genus after Joseph Sadler (1791–1849), a Hungarian naturalist who studied European ferns.[2]
Species
editAs of December 2019[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[3]
- Sadleria cyatheoides Kaulf. (amaumau fern or rasp fern)
- Sadleria pallida Hook. & Arn.
- Sadleria souleyetiana (Gaudich.) Moore
- Sadleria squarrosa (Gaudich.) T.Moore
- Sadleria unisora (Baker) Rob.
- Sadleria wagneriana D.D.Palmer & Flynn
The Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Kīlauea is named after S. cyatheoides.
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Fern pages: Sadleria
- ^ a b Palmer (1997), p. 288.
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Sadleria", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-23
Bibliography
edit- Palmer, Daniel D. (1997), "A Revision of the Genus Sadleria (Blechnaceae)", Pacific Science, vol. 51, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 288–305.
External links
editMedia related to Sadleria at Wikimedia Commons