Hypolepis distans Hook.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dennstaedtiaceae > Hypolepis

Characteristics

Rhizome slender, far-creeping, branched; clad in dark red-brown hairs; stipites distributed along rhizome. Stipes up to 20 cm. × 2 mm., dark red-brown, shining, with rather sparse hairs, muriculate (as is rhachis). Rhachis nude or sparsely hairy, red-brown; costae us. paler; pinnae opp. or nearly so, nearly ∞ to axis, distant, up to 5 cm. apart, subcoriac. Lamina 15-40 × 7-20 cm., ovate-lanceolate to almost deltoid, acuminate, bipinnate. Lower primary pinnae 5-12 × 1-3 cm., narrow ovate-lanceolate, acuminate; upper diminishing to final segs. Secondary pinnae rather distant, subopp. to alt., lanceolate, c. 15 × 5 mm., pinnatifid to pinnatisect. Segs deltoid-triangular to ovate-oblong, up to 2 mm. long, often with a few teeth. Sori slightly protected, 1-1·5 mm. diam., up to 10 per pinnule, sinuses in subregular rows near each margin.
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Stipe and rachis dark red-brown, almost glabrous; stipe 5–10 cm long, 0.7–1 mm diam. Lamina narrowly elliptic to ovate, almost glabrous, 25–35 cm long, 9–12 cm wide, stiff and harsh, 2-or 3-pinnate at base. Primary pinnae in 20–40 pairs, arising at c. 90° to rachis; longest 5–7 cm long, 17–25 mm wide; midribs winged. Longest secondary pinnae 8–13 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, doubly serrate, decreasing in size only towards apex of each primary pinna. Veins reaching margin at a sinus. Sori lacking paraphyses, protected by reflexed membranous flaps. Spores dark brown, almost smooth, 37–38 × 24–25 µm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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On King Island it grows under Melaleuca squarrosa /Leptospermum scoparium scrub bordering swampy ground in decomposing organic material, and on the mainland of Tasmania on rotting logs in swamp forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Hypolepis distans world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17126390-1
WFO ID wfo-0001279789
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Synonyms

Hypolepis distans