Asplenium unisorum

{{Short description|Species of fern}}

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|status=CR

|status_system=IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Keir, M. |author2=Sugii, N. |author3=Gon, S.M. |author4=Chau, M. |author5=Kwon, J. |author6=Weisenberger, L. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=Asplenium unisorum |page=e.T78775516A115493966 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T78775516A78775751.en}}

|status2=LE

|status2_system=ESA

|status2_ref={{cite web |url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/8461 |title=No common name (Asplenium unisorum) |website=Environmental Conservation Online System |publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |access-date=20 June 2024}}{{cite journal |title=Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Three Plants From the Waianae Mountains, Island of Oahu, HI |journal=Federal Register |pages=32932–32938 |volume=59 |issue=122}}

|genus=Asplenium

|species=unisorum

|authority=(Wagner) Viane{{GBIF |id=4258717 |title=Asplenium unisorum (Wagner) Viane) |access-date=1 January 2025}}

|synonyms=Diellia unisora Wagner

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Asplenium unisorum, the singlesorus island spleenwort,{{ITIS|taxon=Asplenium unisorum (W.H. Wagner) Viane |id=897129 |access-date=20 June 2024}} is a species of fern endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It only lives between 650 and 700 m in the Wai'anae Mountains on the island of O'ahu. It is classified as critically endangered, with a fragmented, actively shrinking mature population of around 1,148.

Description

It grows 0.5-3.0cm tall, with a 0.5-1.0cm diameter.{{Cite web |title=Singlesorus Island Spleenwort |url=https://www.fws.gov/species/singlesorus-island-spleenwort-asplenium-unisorum |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |language=en}} Leaf stalks branch off the main stem, which also features a few "small black scales". The stalks themselves are "black and shiny", around 2.0-5.0cm long. Branching off from the stalks, the fronds of the fern are 8.0-30.0cm tall by 0.5-3.0cm broad.

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unisorum

Category:Plants described in 1951

Category:Endemic flora of Hawaii

Category:Native ferns of Hawaii

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