kiwakiwa
Cranfillia fluviatilis
Summary 2
Cranfillia fluviatilis, synonym Blechnum fluviatile, is a fern known in the Māori language as kiwikiwi. A herbaceous plant, C. fluviatilis is a "hard fern" of the genus Cranfillia in the family Blechnaceae. It was identified by Patrick Brownsey in 1979. Other common names are star fern, creek fern, kawakawa and kiwakiwa.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Murray NZ, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Murray NZ, http://www.flickr.com/photos/91001136@N03/11944869244/
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranfillia_fluviatilis
More Info
- iNaturalist NZ taxon page
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
