Hymenophyllum levingei C.B.Clarke

Species

Angiosperms > Zingiberales > Zingiberaceae > Hymenophylloideae > Hymenophyllum

Characteristics

Plants 4-6 cm tall. Rhizome brown, subglabrous, with sparse hairy rootlets. Stipes remote, 1-2 cm apart, brown, filiform, 1.5-2 cm, subglabrous, or with lanceolate multicellular scales at apex, wingless. Rachis brown, narrowly winged throughout, densely covered with lanceolate multicellular scales. Lamina once pinnate to bipinnatifid, green-brown, flat, linear to narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 × 0.5-1 cm, membranous; pinnae 6-10 pairs, 1-2 mm apart, alternate, sessile, ovate, 3-4 × 2-3 mm, base decurrent, apex obtuse; ultimate segments simple or slightly forked, less than 1 mm apart, linear-oblong, 1-2.5 × ca. 0.5 mm, with a single veinlet, margin with sparse teeth, apex obtuse. Veins dichotomous, slightly raised on each surface, brown, with dense lanceolate multicellular scales. Sori on upper parts of frond, apical on long acroscopic segments; involucres subcircular or oval, small, deeply cleft nearly to base, glabrous, entire or slightly toothed at apex.
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.06
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Hymenophyllum levingei world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17123710-1
WFO ID wfo-0001124400
COL ID 3NKGN
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Synonyms

Hymenophyllum levingei Mecodium levingei