Microsorum grossum
| Microsorum grossum | |
|---|---|
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| Darwin, Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Microsorum |
| Species: | M. grossum |
| Binomial name | |
| Microsorum grossum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phymatosorus grossus | |
Microsorum grossum is a fern in the family Polypodiaceae, found in tropical areas of Australia and Oceania.[1][2]
It was introduced in Hawaii in the late 1910s and has subsequently naturalized rapidly. It is found on all main islands.[3] Its Hawaiian name lauaʻe[3] is thought to have originally referred to the native fern Microsorum spectrum.[4]
Uses
[edit]When crushed, the fern issues a scent similar to maile.[4] Sometimes, pieces of the fern are interlaced in leis made of strung-up keys (individual drupes) of the pandanus fruit.[5][4] It is also one of the plants used for scenting kapa fabric.[6][7]
Folklore
[edit]Expanses of the fern famously grows in Makana on Kauaʻi, and is commemorated in song.[8][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Microsorum grossum". Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Microsorum grossum". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- 1 2 Palmer, Daniel D. (2008). Hawaiʻi's ferns and fern allies. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 205–207. ISBN 9780824833473.
- 1 2 3 Abbott 1992, pp. 127, 145.
- ↑ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986). "lauaʻe, lauwaʻe". Hawaiian Dictionary. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780824807030.
Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of Lauaʻe". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaiʻi Press. - ↑ Abbott 1992, p. 58.
- 1 2 "laua'e". Hawaiian Ethnobotany Online Database. Bishop Museum.
- ↑ Pukui 1983, pp. 166, 210.
- Abbott, Isabella Aiona (1992). Lā'au Hawai'i : traditional Hawaiian uses of plants. Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 0-93089-762-5.
- Pukui, Mary Kawena (1983). He Mau Kaʻao Hawaii: Folktales of Hawaiʻi. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 9780910240918.
External links
[edit]- Gustafson, Robert, 1939- Hawaiian plant life : vegetation and flora Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014. ISBN 9780824837105
- Valier, Kathy, 1953- Ferns of Hawai`i Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1995 ISBN 0824816404
- http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/hawaiiflowers/Pages/viewtext.php?s=browse&tid=252 Plants for Hawaiian lei: Laua'e
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