Hypolepis polypodioides Hook.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dennstaedtiaceae > Hypolepis

Characteristics

Rhizome 1.5-4 mm in diam., with chestnut-brown hairs to 2 mm. Stipe chestnut-brown, sometimes distally yellow-brown, 20-90(-110) cm, 2-5 mm in diam., stipe with abundant colorless and brown-tinged, eglandular hairs to 2 mm, ± smooth; rachis chestnut-brown, sometimes distally yellow-brown, hairs colorless or brown tinged, eglandular, to 1 mm; lamina 3-or 4-pinnate, ovate or broadly ovate, (21-) 35-125 × 25-55(-85) cm, abaxially with abundant, colorless or brown-tinged, eglandular hairs to 1.5 mm on midribs and veins, sparsely hairy along veins on both surfaces; pinnae 18-25 pairs, basal pairs subopposite, largest at or near base, ovate or triangular, (13-)15-55 × 7.5-35 cm; pinnules oblong to narrowly ovate or triangular, 4.5-18 × 1.6-7.5 cm; ultimate pinnules oblong, 8-40 × 4-15 mm, pinnatipartite, sessile, apex obtuse. Sori circular or ovate, with eglandular hairs to 0.4 mm between sporangia, unprotected or only partially protected by partially reflexed green marginal flap.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Hypolepis polypodioides world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17126670-1
WFO ID wfo-0001227129
COL ID 3NWLK
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Synonyms

Hypolepis coerulescens Hypolepis gamblei Hypolepis viridula Hypolepis sikkimensis Hypolepis polypodioides Cheilanthes polypodioides Hypolepis indica