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Antrophyum plantagineum Kaulf.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Pteridaceae > Vittarioideae > Antrophyum

Characteristics

Fronds with a distinct stipe 5-10 cm long, scaly at the base, abruptly expanded into the lamina. Lamina elliptic to obovate, 10-20 cm long, 3.5-8 cm wide, tapered to each end, pendent, coriaceous, bright green; apex acuminate to subcaudate; venation prominent abaxially, with long narrow areoles. Sori prominent; paraphyses numerous, branched, with clavate terminal cells.
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Grows on trees and boulders in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Antrophyum plantagineum world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guam, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Northern Mariana Islands, Malaysia, Niue, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, United States of America, Vanuatu, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17023480-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125082
COL ID F4L8
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INPN ID 447955
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Synonyms

Hemionitis reinwardtiana Antrophyum grevillei Hemionitis stipitata Antrophyum plantagineum Polytaenium grevillii Hemionitis plantaginea Antrophyum angustatum
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