Lepisorus loriformis Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 20-30 cm tall. Rhizomes long creeping, 1-2 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales spreading, dark or light brown, iridescent, ovate-lanceolate, 2.2-6 × 0.8-1.5 mm, brittle, base broadly ovate, margin denticulate, apex long acuminate; lumina isodiametric at base, and oblong at apex, large and transparent. Fronds clustered, to 0.5 cm apart; stipe 0-7 cm, 0.8-1 mm in diam.; lamina yellowish on both surfaces when dried, linear, (13-)20-60 × 0.2-2.5 cm, widest at middle, softly leathery to thickly leathery, abaxially sparsely scaly, scales lanceolate, transparent; lamina margins strongly revolute when dried, apex acuminate; costa raised on both sides, red when fresh, veinlets obscure. Sori close to margin and usually covered by undulate, revolute margin, subovate, orbicular, or shortly clavate, 1.5-3 mm in diam.; paraphyses nearly black, irregularly stellate, 0.15-0.3 mm in diam., transparent, margin with long spines.
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Lepisorus loriformis world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17336670-1
WFO ID wfo-0001117824
COL ID 3TFLV
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Synonyms

Lepisorus loriformis f. steniste Phymatodes loriformis Drynaria loriformis Lepisorus tenuicauda Lepisorus yunnanensis Polypodium mengtzeanum Polypodium subimmersum Polypodium subimmersum f. mengtzeanum Polypodium xiphiopteris Polypodium lineare f. steniste Pleopeltis loriformis Polypodium loriforme Polypodium oblongisorum Lepisorus xiphiopteris Lepisorus steniste Lepisorus loriformis Polypodium lineare var. loriforme Polypodium excavatum var. loriforme Lepisorus loriformis var. steniste Pleopeltis linearis var. steniste Lepisorus loriformis var. loriformis Polypodium loriforme var. steniste