Palhinhaea cernua
indigenousLycopodiaceae

Palhinhaea cernua

staghorn clubmoss

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Palhinhaea cernua, synonym Lycopodiella cernua, is a plant in the family Lycopodiaceae, commonly known as the staghorn clubmoss. The Hawaiian name for the plant is wāwaeʻiole, or "rat's foot". It has a substantial number of scientific synonyms in several genera. The genus Palhinhaea is accepted in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), but not in other classifications which submerge the genus in Lycopodiella.

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 12 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 60 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 200 · GBIF 290 records
Keauhou · HawaiʻiiNat 83 · GBIF 94
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 25
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 11 · GBIF 24
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 11
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 12
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 12
Mākaha · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 8
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 7
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 8
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 7
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6
Kapāpala · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Pānauinui · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Waikahekaheiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kaluanui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻĀpua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Waimano · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kahaualeʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanapēpē · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nienie · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaunolū · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1