Hypolepis elegans Carruth.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.

• Elevation

  Alt. 725 m. (2379 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5796, 169.374

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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New York Botanical Garden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Flora of Vanuatu
(Dennstaedtiaceae)
Hypolepis tenuifolia (G. Forst.) Bemh. & C. Presl.
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.
S 19° 34’ 46.7"; E 169° 22’ 26.5"; 725 m elev.
Terrestrial fern, to 2 m tall. Growing in dense rainforest.
DNA, digital image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2842	June 24,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, Jean-Pascal Wahe, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Kate Armstrong, Laurence Ramon, Frazer
Alo, Alexis Tupun, Jerome Neru Iarapat, David Kapwia
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
N.V. Kuankuankua [Neuai]
Source: Tupun Alexis (m, 36), Nasuar Madeline Tacknik (F,
59), Iarapat Jerome Neru (M, 39)
New York Botanical Garjden: NY
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #2842