Dennstaedtia samoensis
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
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).
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
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.