Dennstaedtia samoensis
Family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Ferns
Conservation status
Not applicable
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 Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and possibly New Guinea. Dennstaedtia samoensis is probably a species complex.