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Polystichum aculeatum

Hard Shield-Fern

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

Photo: (c) kajetanduell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1875

First collected

2016

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Two centuries of collecting

1870s2010s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1875 by Kunlre, O. (Himalaya: Merngpo-Kersiong in Sikkim.).

From the collection

Polystichum aculeatum, 96826Polystichum aculeatum, 96809Polystichum aculeatum, 96810Polystichum aculeatum, 96829Polystichum aculeatum, 96813Polystichum aculeatum, 780424Polystichum aculeatum, 569045Polystichum aculeatum, 96824Polystichum aculeatum, 782491Polystichum aculeatum, 106247Polystichum aculeatum, 96822Polystichum aculeatum, 106326