East Indian hollyfern
Arachniodes aristata (G.Forst.) Tindale
Arachniodes aristata is a species of fern in the family Dryopteridaceae. It is a glossy fern with fronds up to 1 m long. The type specimen was collected by George Forster at an unknown island in the Pacific Ocean during the second voyage of James Cook. The species was first described as Polypodium aristatum in 1786 by Johann Reinhold Forster. The specific epithet 'aristata' is derived from Latin, meaning 'bearing a bristle'.
Description
Arachniodes aristata is native to various islands in the Pacific Ocean, including the Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kermadec Islands, Marianas, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tubuai Islands, and Vanuatu. It is known as East Indian hollyfern in English and belongs to the genus Arachniodes. The species was formally published in 1961 by Tindale, with the original name credited to G.Forst.
Other common names
East Indian hollyfern
Distribution
TW · Caroline Is. · Cook Is. · Fiji · Kermadec Is. · Marianas · Marquesas · New Caledonia · Pitcairn Is. · Samoa · Society Is. · Solomon Is. · Tonga · Tubuai Is. · Vanuatu
Synonyms
Aspidium hamiltonianumAspidium aristatumPolypodium aristatumPolystichum aristatumByrsopteris aristataRumohra aristataPolystichopsis aristataDryopteris aristataPolystichum lobatum var. aristatumLastrea aristataNephrodium aristatumPolystichum aculeatum var. samoensePolystichum lobatum var. aristatumPolystichopsis aristata
