Adiantum diaphanum Blume

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Vanuatu

• State/Province

  Tafea

• County/Municipio

  South West Tanna Area Council

• Locality

  Tanna Island, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.

• Elevation

  Alt. 552 m. (1811 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -19.5799, 169.364

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

New York Botanical Garden:N Y
Vanuatu National Herbarium: PVNH
03599287
The Ethnobotany of Vanuatu
Gregory M. Plunkett #2870
N.V. Natengateng [Neuai]
unspecified part Used in an unspecified man-
ner, as part of traditional (kastom) ceremonies to
harvest taro.
Source: Tupun Alexis (m, 36), Nasuar Madeline Tacknik (F,
59), Iarapat Jerome Neru (M, 39)
(Pteridaceae)
Adiantum diaphanum Blume
Vanuatu: Tafea Province. Tanna Island. Southwest
Tanna, along trail from Yenhup to Mount Tukosmera.
S 19° 34’ 47.8"; E 169° 21’ 51.7"; 552 m elev.
Terrestrial fern. Growing in dense forest. DNA, digital
image. Duplicates: 6.
Gregory M. Plunkett, #2870	June 24,2014
Tom Ranker, Chanel Sam, Jean-Pascal Wahe, R. Sean
Thackurdeen, Kate Armstrong, Laurence Ramon, Frazer
Alo, Alexis Tupun, Jerome Neru Iarapat, David Kapwia
A collaboration ofNYBG and PVNH, funded by The Christensen Fund,
The National Geographic Society, and The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
03599287