Sadleria | |
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Sadleria cyatheoides | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Aspleniineae |
Family: | Blechnaceae |
Subfamily: | Blechnoideae |
Genus: | Sadleria Kaulf. |
Species | |
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Sadleria is a genus of six species of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, all endemic to Hawaii.[1]
Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss distinguished the genus in 1824 based on samples of S. cyatheoides acquired by Adelbert von Chamisso in 1821. Chamisso had been serving as the naturalist for a Russian scientific expedition led by Otto von Kotzebue aboard the vessel Rurick.[2] Kaulfuss named the genus after Joseph Sadler (1791–1849), a Hungarian naturalist who studied European ferns.[2]
As of December 2019[update], the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following species:[3]
The Halemaʻumaʻu crater on Kīlauea is named after S. cyatheoides.