Lepisorus elegans Ching & W.M.Chu

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 13-23 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, 1.5-2 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales spreading, yellow-brown, broadly lanceolate, 2.7-3.5 × ca. 1 mm, thin, almost transparent, margin entire, apex awned; lumina large, nearly shortly square to square, occasionally with a narrow opaque brown band. Fronds 0.5-2 cm apart; stipe straw-colored to deep brown, 1-5 cm, 0.5-1.2 mm in diam.; lamina abaxially grayish green when dried, adaxially green, lanceolate, both ends attenuate, (12-)15-25 × 1-2 cm, leathery or thinly leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, apex long caudate; costa raised on both sides, veinlets obscure. Sori restricted to distal 1/3-1/2 of lamina, midway between costa and margins, orbicular, 2-3 mm in diam.; paraphyses brown, orbicular, 0.3-0.5 mm in diam., margins with awn-spines; lumina small, usually opaque, sometimes transparent.
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Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.23
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Distribution

Lepisorus elegans world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17547980-1
WFO ID wfo-0001232919
COL ID 3TFKP
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Synonyms

Lepisorus elegans