Antrophyum castaneum H.Itô

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Pteridaceae > Vittarioideae > Antrophyum

Characteristics

Rhizome short erect or shortly creeping; scales dark brown, linear-lanceolate, 3-8 mm, apex long acuminate, bristlelike, margin entire, clathrate. Fronds clustered; stipe 5-10 cm, base covered with scales like those on rhizome, upward with scales, gradually glabrous; lamina leathery, oblanceolate, 10-20 × 1-3 cm, widest above middle, apex acute, base attenuate along stipe; costa absent; veins abundantly reticulate. Soral lines slightly immersed, netted or parallel; paraphyses club-shaped with a capitate head. Spores trilete, tetrahedral-globose, surface papillate.
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Distribution

Antrophyum castaneum world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17369900-1
WFO ID wfo-0001251957
COL ID F4JB
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Synonyms

Antrophyum castaneum