Microlepia strigosa (Dennstaedtiaceae)

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Microlepia strigosa information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Microlepia strigosa, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Microlepia strigosa
Nomenclatural information about Microlepia strigosa is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Got Erosion? ... Plant!
Native species that can combat soil loss are the topic of this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 12/19/2003).

Specialty crop production in a forestry understory: olena, maile, papapalai, and awa 
Research on potential understory crops within long rotations of high-value tropical woods such as koa is described in this paper from the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (2000).

Images

Microlepia strigosa information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Microlepia strigosa in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Distribution

Where to see this species

Books

Full-text articles

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 16 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.