Diplopterygium glaucum (thunb. ex Houtt.) Nakai

Species

Pteridophytes > Gleicheniales > Gleicheniaceae > Diplopterygium

Characteristics

Plants ca. 1.5 m tall. Rhizomes creeping, ca. 3 mm in diam., covered with brown scales. Fronds 2-pinnate; pinnae opposite, oblong, 60-90 × 18-28 cm, base slightly attenuate, apex acuminate; pinnules alternate or subopposite, 25-35 on each side, pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 11-16 × 1.2-2.4 cm, base truncate, apex acuminate; lobes alternate, 20-35 on each side, horizontally spreading, lanceolate, 7-12 × 2-3 mm, rarely lowest pairs reflexed to rachises, apex obtuse; lamina glaucous abaxially, green adaxially, papery, glabrous, costae and costules with sparse stellate hairs, glabrescent; costae flat adaxially; veins prominent on both surfaces. Sori with 3 or 4 sporangia.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Diplopterygium glaucum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17389290-1
WFO ID wfo-0001107294
COL ID 6CXF2
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Synonyms

Mesosorus glaucus Polypodium glaucum Hicriopteris remota Dicranopteris glauca Hicriopteris glauca Diplopterygium glaucum Gleichenia japonica Mertensia glauca

Lower taxons

Diplopterygium glaucum var. concolor