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matua mauku
Hymenophyllum dilatatum
Hymenophyllum dilatatum, commonly known by its Māori name matua mauku, is a filmy fern of Hymenophyllaceae in the genus Hymenophyllum. It is the largest of the New Zealand filmy ferns. Hymenophyllum dilatatum was first described in 1786 by German naturalist and author, Georg Forster, under the basionym Trichomanes dilatatum.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 340707.