I am impressed with the presence of abaxial papillae on the lamial cells. While this is the most convincing material of Wijkia I have seen from the kermadec, it is not representative.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Kermadec Islands Raoul, North-West side of crater
Verbatim locality:
[Kermadec Islands] Raoul, North-West side of crater
Verbatim collector:
[Sykes WR] 796/K
Verbatim date:
17/7/1969
Start date:
1969-07-17
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Open bank in dry forest area.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Sterile; attenuate branches present.
An exceedingly difficult specimen to name confidently. Leaves only weakly dimorphic; leaf margins entrie or very nearly so; laminal cells with papillae but apparently non-porose. This material epitomizes the difficulty of distinguising Wikia [Wijkia] and Sematophlyyum subhumile var contiguum on the Kermadec and I do not believe that the distinction can be made confidently in many cases.
Allan Fife, October 2007