Dryopteris acuto-dentata Ching

Species

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Characteristics

Plants 23-45 cm tall. Rhizome erect, short, densely scaly; scales dark brown, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, dentate. Fronds caespitose; stipe dark brown, 8-12 cm, with lanceolate, dark brown scales; lamina deltoid-lanceolate, 16-26 × ca. 10 cm, widest at middle, bipinnatipartite, slightly narrowed downward, base truncate, apex acuminate; pinnae 12-16 pairs, alternate, lower several pairs remote, middle pinnae 3.5-4 × ca. 1.5 cm; segments ca. 8 pairs, approximate, oblong, apex minutely dentate. Lamina: rachis with lanceolate, brown or dark brown scales. Sori in 1 row on each side of costa; indusia orbicular-reniform, with irregular teeth, deciduous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.45
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Dryopteris acuto-dentata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17389830-1
WFO ID wfo-0001116384
COL ID 37VSR
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Synonyms

Dryopteris acuto-dentata Dryopteris silaensis Nephrodium kingii Dryopteris filix-mas subsp. kingii