Selaginella kanehirae Alston

  • Filed As

    Selaginellaceae
    Selaginella kanehirae Alston

  • Collector(s)

    C. Trauernicht 82, 09 Feb 2005

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Dolen Nankep, Kepnlewi forest.

  • Habitat

    Wet cliff face, shaded. Old-growth, hilltop forest fragment surrounded by sakau plantations below; Large cliff section; Very rocky unstable soil; High canopy (20-25 m) dominated by Elaeocarpus carolinensis; Very shaded understory with Pandanus (sp. dubious?) and Clinostigma palms abundant in midstory; East-facing slope aspect; Very moist conditions, esp. on cliff face; Hill top identified on map as Dolen Nankep.

  • Description

    Salaginella, fronds to 20 cm; draping over cliff face with mosses and ferns; Sporophylls bright yellow, at frond tips.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 202845

    Occurrence ID: 5cc65df6-c707-4518-8cfa-57964ca2a571

  • Related Publications

    [Book] Balick, Michael J. 2009. Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture. xi, 585.
    LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/2008031255

  • Local Name

    kitien mahl

  • Language
    Pohnpeian
  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Lycopodiophyta

  • Order

    Selaginellales

  • Family

    Selaginellaceae

  • All Determinations

    Selaginella kanehirae Alston det D. H. Lorence, Dec 2005

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • Locality

    Dolen Nankep, Kepnlewi forest

  • Elevation

    Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    6.8979, 158.212

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    1000

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

    No botanical uses.

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