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Menisciopsis boydiae

(D.C.Eaton) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. (2021)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Thelypteridaceae Genus: Menisciopsis

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Bibliography

Name Published In: Fawcett, S., & Smith, A. R. A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae p.53 (2021)

Other References

Palmer 2003:87 (O, EM [as Christella boydiae]); Snow et al. 2011:15 (Syn. Christella boydiae = Cyclosorus boydiae); Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group 2016:585 (Syn. Cyclosorus boydiae = Christella boydiae); Fawcett & Smith 2021:53 (COMBNOV, Syn. C. boydiae = M. boydiae)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ten plants observed in this colony along north side of stream, including different size classes. A large colony of 30+ plants was observed downstream below a small waterfallRiparian zone, along perennial stream in Metrosideros/Dicranopteris Wet Forest. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 91408 Maui BISH 2014-09-23
2 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along perennial stream. Single plant at this site. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Kadua, Coprosma, Cibotium, Sadleria, Labordia, Dryopteris, Diplazium, Asplenium, Deschampsia, Pilea, Peperomia, Blechnum, Adiantum, Selaginella, Psidium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Rubus, Prunella, Paspalum Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41318 Maui BISH 2013-04-11
3 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details side of stream, on stone Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 21 Oahu BISH 1908-08-01
4 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rheophytic, erect, 1-2m above mean waterline this date, near plunge pools and waterfalls. Five plants at this location. Cheirodendron, Tetraplasandra, Perrottentia, Scaevola, Broussaisia, Metrosideros, Syzygium, Clermontia, Dicranopteris, Spathodea, Sadleria, Cibotium, Kadua, Isachne, Melicope, Myrsine, Coprosma, Hedychium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Freycinetia, Pittosporum, Wikstroemia, Labordia, Diplopterygium. Machaerina, Vaccinium, Pipturus, Psidium, Arundina, Paspalum, Amauropelta, Cyclocorus, Pilea, Peperomia, Dubautia, Selaginella, Psychotria, Lobelia, Aeratina, Deschampsia, Lycopodiella, Blchnum, Adiantum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 111206 Maui BISH 2012-11-14
5 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details along stream Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1908-11-21
6 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on ledges, near pools and waterfalls, and under overhangs along perennial stream. Vegetation:: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Dicranopteris, Melicope, Sadleria, Cibotium, Cyanea, Astelia, Peperomia, Athyrium, Kadua, Lycopodiella, Vaccinium, Labordia, Isachen, Eragrostis, Deschampsia, Pipturus, Pilea, Machaerina, Dryopteris, Coprosma, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Prunella, Ageratina, Tibouchina, Plantago major, Rubus hawaiensis, Korthalsella Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 51417 Maui BISH 2014-05-28
7 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Sticherus, Scaevola, Perrottetia, Melicope, Pipturus, Touchardia, Cibotium, Sadleria, Athyrium, Diplazium, Vandenboschia, Mecodium, Elaphoglossum, Lepisorus, Adenophorus, Smilax, Astelia, Peperomia, Pneumatopteris, Asplenium, Amauropelta, Deschampsia, Eragrostis, Pilea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120703 Maui BISH 2007-12-11
8 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details on thin soil on boulders along rocky stream Preserved_Specimen DeWreede, R.E. 30 Maui BISH 1967-08-19
9 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Observed along west side of stream bank in narrow gulch. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Acacia, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Scaevola, Perrottetia, Melicope, Pipturus, Touchardia, Nothocestrum, Cyanea, Alyxia, Sticherus, Cyrtandra, Cibotium, Sadleria, Athyrium, Diplazium, Vandenboschia, Mecodium, Elaphoglossum, Lepisorus, Adenophorus, Smilax, Astelia, Peperomia, Pneumatopteris, Asplenium, Deschampsia, Amauropelta. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120709 Maui BISH 2007-12-12
10 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on ledges, near pools and waterfalls, and under overhangs along perennial stream. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Dicranopteris, Melicope, Sadleria, Cibotium, Clermontia, Cyanea, Astelia, Peperomia, Athyrium, Kadua, Lycopodiella, Vaccinium, Labordia, Isachne, Eragrositis, Deschampsia, Pipturus, Pilea, Machaerina, Dryopteris, Coprosma, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Prunella, Ageratina, Tibouchina, Plantago major, Rubus Hawaiensis, Korthalsella Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 51428 Maui BISH 2014-05-29
11 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details About 1-2 feet above mean high water mark in plunge pool upsream of old gauging station. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Coprosma, Kadua, Broussaisia, Scaevola, Perottetia, Pipturus, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Cibotium, Sadleria, Clermontia, Lobelia, Adiantum, Blechnum, Selaginella, Deschampsia, Pilea Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 101103 Maui BISH 2011-10-04
12 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Sticherus, Scaevola, Perrottetia, Melicope, Pipturus, Touchardia, Cibotium, Sadleria, Athyrium, Diplazium, Vandenboschia, Mecodium, Elaphoglossum, Lepisorus, Adenophorus, Smilax, Astelia, Peperomia, Pneumatopteris, Asplenium, Amauropelta, Deschampsia, Pilea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120704 Maui BISH 2007-12-11
13 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rheophytes, on east side of perennial stream; 10 plants observed on this site. Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Broussaisia, Clermontia,Kadua, Coprosma, Cibotium, Sadleria, Labordia, Dryopteris, Diplazium, Asplenium, Deschampsia, Pilea, Peperomia, Blechnum, Adiantum, Selaginella, Psidium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Rubus, Prunella, Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41309 Maui BISH 2013-04-11
14 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Maui BISH
15 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 188 Oahu BISH 1909-11-14
16 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) 16 Oahu BISH
17 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) 41 Oahu BISH
18 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along perennial stream, on east side of plunge pool below waterfall. Vegetation: Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Acacia-Dicranopteris lowland wet forest. Riparian elements include: Deschampsia, Vaccinium, Selaginella, Sphenomeris, Christella, Isachne, and weeds, Prunella, Axonopus, Deparia, Blechnum, Hedychium, and Cuphea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71014 Maui BISH 2010-07-13
19 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) BISH
20 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Judd, J.R. Oahu BISH 1888-01-01
21 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Whitney, J.M. Oahu BISH 1870-01-01
22 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baldwin, D.D. Oahu BISH 1880-01-01
23 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1909-02-12
24 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1909-05-03
25 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-11-14
26 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Clarke, F.L. Maui BISH 1881-05-24
27 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Clarke, F.L. Maui BISH 1882-01-01
28 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Baldwin, D.D. BISH 1879-01-01
29 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lack, F. BISH 1880-01-01
30 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Whitney, J.M. BISH 1870-01-01
31 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) 3 BISH
32 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) BISH
33 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details under damp ledge along stream back; with Hymenophyllaceous and mosses Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 10 Maui BISH 1972-09-28
34 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing under dark ledge along perennial stream about 30 cm above mean stream level. At least 30 plants at this location including immature plants. Vegetation: Riparian zone in Metrosideros Wet Forest, w/ Pilea, Amauropelta, Pepermia, Deschampsia, Selaginella Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 81322 Maui BISH 2013-08-19
35 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sgl plant observed at this location, on ledge in deep shade along perennial stream near waterfall and plunge pool. Much debris from recent high-water episode deposited at base of plant, but fronds unbroken.Vegetation: Riparian zone in Metrosideros Wet Forest, w/ Pilea, Amauropelta, Peperomia, Deschampsia, Selaginella Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 81341 Maui BISH 2013-08-22
36 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details along stream at small waterfall and plunge pool. Vegetation: Acacia, Chierodendron, Metrosideros, Broussaisia, Perrottetia, Coprosma, Kadua, Melicope, Myrsine, Cibotium, Sadleria, Pipturus, Diplazium, Psidium, Clidemia, Hedychium, Cytandra, Elaphoglossum, Sphaeropteris, Rubus, Clermontia, Cyanea, Adenophorus, Peperomia, Deschampsia, Amauropelta, Adiantum, Pilea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71707 Maui BISH 2017-07-27
37 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Along waterline of plunge pool near falls, with Cyclosorus sandwicensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Selaginella arbuscula, Vandenboschia davallioides. Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris montane wet forest, dissected by riparian vegetation W/Broussaisia arguta, Mysine sandwicensis, Dubautia plantaginea, D. scabra, Kadua affinis, K. axillaris, Scaevola chamissoniana, Clermontia samuelii subsp. hanaensis, C. tuberculata, C. grandiflora Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 15623 Maui BISH 2013-08-21
38 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mostly native canopy forest with ginger understory. Wet riparian, mostly native forest: Hedychium, Metrosideros, Hydrangea, Kadua, Pipturus, Miconia crenata, Sadleria, Holokula Preserved_Specimen Pezzillo, Z. 568 Maui BISH 2023-11-01
39 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details along stream Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 200 Oahu BISH 1908-11-14
40 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rheophytic, erect, 1-2m above mean waterline this date, near plunge pools and waterfalls. Five plants at this location. Cheirodendron, Tetraplasandra, Perrottentia, Scaevola, Broussaisia, Metrosideros, Syzygium, Clermontia, Dicranopteris, Spathodea, Sadleria, Cibotium, Kadua, Isachne, Melicope, Myrsine, Coprosma, Hedychium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Freycinetia, Pittosporum, Wikstroemia, Labordia, Diplopterygium. Machaerina, Vaccinium, Pipturus, Psidium, Arundina, Paspalum, Amauropelta, Cyclocorus, Pilea, Peperomia, Dubautia, Selaginella, Psychotria, Lobelia, Aeratina, Deschampsia, Lycopodiella, Blchnum, Adiantum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 111207 Maui BISH 2012-11-14
41 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing under a ledge near a small waterfall and plunge pool in dense shade along perennial stream. About 10 plants observed at this location. Vegetation: Riparian zone in Metrosideros Wet Forest, w/ Pilea, Amauropelta, Peperomia, Deschampsia, Selaginella Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 81331 Maui BISH 2013-08-21
42 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Mostly native canopy forest with ginger understory. Wet riparian, mostly native forest: Hedychium, Metrosideros, Hydrangea, Kadua, Pipturus, Miconia crenata, Sadleria, Holokula Preserved_Specimen Pezzillo, Z. 567 Maui BISH 2023-11-01
43 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rheophyte along perennial stream, on east side of deep pool; 50 plants observed at this site. Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Broussaisia, Clermontia,Kadua, Coprosma, Cibotium, Sadleria, Labordia, Dryopteris, Diplazium, Asplenium, Deschampsia, Pilea, Peperomia, Blechnum, Adiantum, Selaginella, Psidium, Clidemia, Tibouchina, Rubus, Prunella, Paspalum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41315 Maui BISH 2013-04-11
44 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron trigynum wet forest With Sadleria spp., Pipturus albidus, Clermontia grandiflora, Dubautia plantaginea, Cyrtandra grayana, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma foliosa, Perrottetia grayana, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma foliosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Clermontia kakeana, Polyscias oah; 40-50 plants seen on stream cliffs walls, fertile Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 23128 Maui BISH 2012-11-14
45 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ten plants observed in this colony along north side of stream, including different size classes. A large colony of 30+ plants was observed downstream below a small waterfallRiparian zone, along perennial stream in Metrosideros/Dicranopteris Wet Forest. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 91409 Maui BISH 2014-09-23
46 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Dicranopteris linearis wet forest With Sadleria spp., Pipturus albidus, Clermontia grandiflora, Dubautia plantaginea, Cyrtandra grayana, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma foliosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Clermontia kakeana, Polyscias oah Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 23958 Maui BISH 2014-05-27
47 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rare on ledges along perennial stream and plunge pools near Fern Camp. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Perrottetia, Broussaisia, Melicope, Clermontia, Pipturus, Myrsine, Coprosma, Kadua, Scaevola, Sadleria, Dicranopteris, Psychotria, Cibotium, Athyrium, Diplazium, Dryopteris, Deschampsia, Selaginella, Rubus, Amauropelta, Nothoperanema, Mecodium, Lobelia, Dubautia, Vandenboschia, Peperomia, Carex, Christella, Machaerina, Cyrtandra, Antidesma, Pneumatopteris, Pilea, Sphaeropteris, Axonopus, Deparia, Adiantum, Clidemia, Blechnum, Hedychium. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50927 Maui BISH 2009-05-13
48 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rheophytic ferns, growing on ledges, near pools and waterfalls, and under overhangs along perenial steram. About 100 plants observed in this location. Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Dicranopteris, Melicope, Sadleria, Cibotium, Cyanea, Astelia, Peperomia, Athyrium, Kadua, Lycopodiella, Vaccinium, Labordia, Isachne, Eragrostis, Deschampsia, Pipturus, Pilea, Machaerina, Dryopteris, Coprosma, Psychotria, Cyrtandra, Prunella, Ageratina, Tibouching, Plantago major, Rubus Hawaiensis, Korthalsella, Asplenium. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 51413 Maui BISH 2014-05-27
49 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Metrosideros wet forest. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 41422 Maui BISH 2014-04-30
50 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Observed on a single mossy, rocky ridge in a perennial stream, narrowing from 10m to 2m wide. Vegetation: Metrosideros Wet Forest; taxa on rocks include Metrosideros seedlings, Vaccinium, Deschampsia, Amauropelta, Pneumatopteris, Prunella, Selaginella. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 100724 Maui BISH 2007-10-24
51 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron trigynum wet forest with Sadleria spp., Pipturus albidus, Clermontia grandiflora, Dubautia plantaginea, Cyrtandra grayana, Broussaisia arguta, Coprosma foliosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Clermontia kakeana, Polyscias oah. 200-300 ferns on waterfall faces and below overhangs Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 23384 Maui BISH 2013-04-11
52 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 15 plants observed along stream bed, just below large waterfall, south side near large boulder. All size classes observed. Vegetation: Acacia, Metrosideros, Chierodendron, Melicope, Coprosma, Perrottetia, Kadua, Broussaisia, Myrsine, Dubautia, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Sticherus, Cibotium, Sadleria, Diplazium, Scaevola, Clidemia, Hedychium, Clermontia, Lobelia, Deschampsia, Adiantum, Amaauropelta, Peperomia. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 81704 Maui BISH 2017-08-01
53 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros forest with understory of Dicranopteris & Diplopterygium, dissected by riparian veg associates of Cheirodendron, Acacia, Ilex, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Scaevola, Myrsine, Melicope spp Hedyotis spp, Coprosma spp, Perrottetia, shrubs of Vaccinium, Styphelia, Cyrtandra, Rubus hawaiensi Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 12684 Maui BISH 2007-12-11
54 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On perennial stream bank 30 cm. above mean water level, but undoubtedly submerged during high storm-water episodes. Vegetation: Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Acacia-Dicranopteris lowland wet forest. Riparian elements include Deschampsia, Vaccinium, Selaginella, Sphenomeris, Isachne, and weeds Prunella, Axonopus, Blechnum, Deparia, Rubus, and Cuphea. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 71009 Maui BISH 2010-07-12
55 Menisciopsis boydiae Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On ledges on both sides of stream. Vegetation: Acacia-Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris lowland wet forest with other riparian species including Deschampsia, Amauropelta, Sadleria, Pipturus, Cibotium, Pilea, Adiantum raddianum, Blechnum, Deparia petersenii, Axonopus fissifolius, Pneumatopteris pendens, Vaccinium dentatum, Prunella vulgaris, Selaginella arbuscula, Vandenboschia cyrtotheca, Sphenomeris chinensis, Eragrostis grandis, Hedychium gardnerianum, Bidens campylotheca waihoiensis, Peperomia cookiana. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 70927 Maui BISH 2009-07-29
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