''Sadleria'' is a genus of six species of
fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. They differ from mosses by being vascular, i.e., having specialized tissue ...
s in the family
Blechnaceae, all
endemic
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to
Hawaii
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''Sadleria''
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Taxonomy
Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss distinguished the genus in 1824 based on samples of ''S. cyatheoides'' acquired by Adelbert von Chamisso
Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Boncourt, a name referring to the family estate at Boncourt.
Life
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in 1821. Chamisso had been serving as the naturalist for a Russian
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*Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*A citizen of Russia
*Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages
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scientific expedition led by Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (; 30 December 1787 – 15 February 1846) was a Baltic German naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions into the Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. The fi ...
aboard the vessel ''Rurick''. Kaulfuss named the genus after Joseph Sadler (1791–1849), a Hungarian naturalist who studied European ferns.
Species
, the ''Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World'' accepted the following species:[
*'' Sadleria cyatheoides'' Kaulf. (amaumau fern or rasp fern)
*'' Sadleria pallida'' Hook. & Arn.
*'' Sadleria souleyetiana'' (Gaudich.) Moore
*'' Sadleria squarrosa'' (Gaudich.) T.Moore
*'' Sadleria unisora'' (Baker) Rob.
*'' Sadleria wagneriana'' D.D.Palmer & Flynn
The Halemaumau crater on ]Kīlauea
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is named after ''S. cyatheoides''.
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External links
Blechnaceae
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Native ferns of Hawaii
Fern genera
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