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Species of fern From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doryopteris angelica is a rare fern species, known by the common name Kauai digit fern. It is endemic to Hawaii where only small populations are known.[2]
Doryopteris angelica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Pteridaceae |
Genus: | Doryopteris |
Species: | D. angelica |
Binomial name | |
Doryopteris angelica K.Wood & W.H.Wagner | |
The ferns grow on slopes in Hawaiian tropical rainforests habitat, and have been found only on the island of Kauaʻi.[3] It was federally listed as an endangered species in 2010.[4]
Doryopteris angelica is closely related to Doryopteris decora, and was first described as a separate species in 1999.[5] It is now placed in the Cheilanthoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae.[6]
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