Cheiropleuria bicuspis (Blume) C.Presl

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome creeping, short, densely covered with hairs; hairs soft, pale brown, to 5 mm or more, multicellular. Stipes approximate, glabrous except near base; stipes of sterile fronds 20-30 cm, of fertile fronds up to 40-50 cm. Sterile lamina ovate, often deeply forked, or 2-forked into 3 lobes, or entire, base rounded, apex acute, sinus angles 60°-70°; main veins 6-8 at base of lamina, veinlets anastomosing, areoles with branching included veinlets. Fertile lamina simple, elliptic, 10-20 × 1-2 cm, thickly papery, abaxial surface wholly covered with sporangia in acrostichoid condition except on main veins and narrow strip at margins. Paraphyses abundant, club-shaped.
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Rhizome 4-10 mm in diam.; hairs up to 1 cm long. Fronds extremely variable in pro-portions. Sterile fronds 20-60 cm long, lamina up to 21 by 16(-30) cm. Fertile fronds usually longer than sterile ones, up to 52 cm long, lamina (5-)10-12(-25) mm wide. Petioles 20-50 cm long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Cheiropleuria bicuspis world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17068380-1
WFO ID wfo-0001117301
COL ID 69RC4
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Synonyms

Cheiropleuria vespertilio Anapausia bicuspis Anapausia vespertilionis Gymnopteris vespertilio Acrostichum trinerve Acrostichum bicuspe Acrostichum vespertilio Cheiropleuria bicuspis Polypodium bicuspe Anapusia bicuspis