Species

Dennstaedtia samoensis

Authority

Dennstaedtia samoensis (Brack.) T.Moore

Family

Dennstaedtiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

Structural Class

Ferns

Habitat

Collected once in 2011 as a weed in urban Auckland on the grounds of the University of Auckland Symmond Street Campus. That plant probably originated from material that had been collected from the Solomon Islands in the 1970s and cultivated for a time by the University in their growth rooms (now demolished)

Year Naturalised

2011

Origin

Western Pacific from Samoa west to the Soloman Islands, Vanuatu and possibly New Guinea. Dennstaedtia samoensis is probably a species complex

This page last updated on 10 Feb 2012