Elaphoglossum brunneum Copel.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Elaphoglossoideae > Elaphoglossum

Characteristics

Rhizome bearing fronds 5-10 mm apart; scales dark brown, glossy, rigid, 6 by 1 mm, narrowed to a hair-tip; phyllopodia 10 mm long. Sterile frond: stipe 8-10 cm; lamina rigid, to 19 by 4 cm, widest below middle, ± abruptly narrowed at base and then slightly decurrent, more gradually to acute but not acuminate apex; pale edge c. ¼ mm wide; veins just distinct; costa prominent and rounded beneath; scales on both surfaces appressed, dark, less than 1 mm long, elongate with a few short marginal hairs. Fertile frond: stipe 18 cm; lamina 12 by 2.2 cm, shape as sterile.
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Low epiphyte in rain-forest at 1200 m.
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Distribution

Elaphoglossum brunneum world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17393210-1
WFO ID wfo-0001257309
COL ID 6F2H9
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Synonyms

Elaphoglossum brunneum