Coryphopteris diaphana (Brause) Holttum

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Thelypteridaceae > Thelypteridoideae > Coryphopteris

Characteristics

Stipe 10-15 cm long, dark, glossy, sparsely hairy; scales 2-3 x 0.8 mm, dark, rigid. Lamina to 25 cm long; pinnae 15-18 pairs; basal pinnae not or little reduced, a little narrowed at base, basal acroscopic lobe almost free, dentate, not elongate. Suprabasal pinnae to 4.5x1.2 cm, short-acuminate; lobes oblique, basal ones strongly dentate, rest ± toothed at ends of veins; costules 2.5-3 mm apart; veins 5-6 pairs; lower surface of rachis and costae with short spreading acicular hairs, glands on costae, costules and veins, a few dark narrow scales on costae; upper surface of costules and veins with scattered hairs, no glands nor hairs between veins. Sori supramedial; indusia glabrous.
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Type from 850 m, in moss cushions; Brass 13294 from 900 m, in Ägathis forest.
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Distribution

Coryphopteris diaphana world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17553020-1
WFO ID wfo-0001118190
COL ID YSNS
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Synonyms

Lastrea diaphana Dryopteris diaphana Coryphopteris diaphana Thelypteris diaphana