Diplazium crassiusculum Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Athyriaceae > Diplazium

Characteristics

Rhizome erect or oblique, black-brown, woody, stiff, apex with dense scales; scales dark black, glossy, lanceolate, thick, small serrate at margin; fronds caespitose, 1-pinnate fertile frond more than 1 m; stipe black at base, upward gray-stramineous, 40-60 cm, 3-5 mm in diam., base like rhizome, densely scaly, upward glabrous, grooved on abaxial side; lamina 1-imparipinnate, elliptic, 30-50 × 16-24 cm; lateral pinnae often 2-4 pairs, all subequal in size, alternate or basal pinnae subopposite, oblique, shortly stalked (stalk of basal pinnae 6-8 mm), narrowly elliptic, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, or broadly linear-lanceolate, 16-23 cm, middle 3.5-4.4 cm wide, base rounded-cuneate, margin in lower part of pinna often subentire or slightly repand, from middle to apex thin, serrate, apex long acuminate; apical pinna similar to lateral pinnae or nearly so, base often asymmetrical; costae prominent, rounded, occasionally with brown linear small scales on abaxial side, shallowly grooved on adaxial side; veinlets all prominent, slightly oblique, 3 or 4 per veinlet group, thin, reaching laminar margin. Lamina firmly herbaceous, brown-green when dry. Sori and indusia long linear, often single on acroscopic veinlets of each veinlet group, oblique, from costa to ca. 5 mm inside margin.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Distribution

Diplazium crassiusculum world distribution map, present in China, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17388610-1
WFO ID wfo-0001116757
COL ID 6CY7Y
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Synonyms

Diplazium crassiusculum f. simplex Athyrium crassiusculum Diplazium crassiusculum