SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Preparatory Information Sheet
Plant Identification
Samples of the following plants will in the laboratory during the midterm. You will have to match the sample to the latin name. Study the following web pages to assist you, although not all the plants listed are seen on these pages:
http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/ethnobotany/svp.html
http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/ethnobotany/gymno_garden.html
The web page for this handout also includes links to pages for each plant listed below:
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Agathis robusta (kauri)
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Araucaria columnaris (Cook island pine)
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Asplenium nidus (bird's nest fern, nuuk, muhliklik, tehnlik, chath)
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Cyanobacteria (nostoc, num, fokon faht, pwisehn ketipen)
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Dicranopteris linearis (anecha, mwedil en mal)
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Lycopodiella cernua [Lycopodium cernuum] (club moss, unen katu, mac en tefuroh, suhke krismas, kidi en mal or kidi en leng)
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Nephrolepis acutifolia (amare, rehdil)
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Phymatosorus scolopendria [Microsorum scolopendria] (chichi, sra kwem kwem, kidou, gob)
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Selaginella
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Thelypteris maemonensis (marek, manu'a tababa, marek, walem)