Lepisorus macrosphaerus Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants usually 20-40 cm tall. Rhizomes long creeping, 2.2-3 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales caducous, basifixed, brown, ovate or acuminately ovate, 2-3 × 1-2 mm, margin entire, apex obtuse; central lumina subrectangular, luminal walls thickened and dark colored, marginal lumina polygonal, colored. Fronds 0.5-2 cm apart; stipe mostly straw-colored, 3-16 cm, 1-2 mm in diam.; lamina abaxially gray-green or brownish, adaxially yellowish green or brown, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, (7-)20-40 × (0.7-)1.5-5 cm, widest at middle, thickly leathery, with small sparse scales, base cuneate, decurrent, margin straight or slightly undulate, apex shortly acuminate; costa raised on both sides, veinlets normally obscure. Sori marginal or submarginal, orbicular or elliptic, much raised on abaxial surface of lamina, depressed on adaxial surface of lamina; paraphyses brown, orbicular, 0.5-0.8 mm in diam., margin entire.
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Lepisorus macrosphaerus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17336680-1
WFO ID wfo-0001127341
COL ID 3TFLZ
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Synonyms

Lepisorus macrosphaerus Pleopeltis macrosphaera Polypodium macrosphaerum Polypodium intramarginale Lepisorus macrosphaerus f. macrosphaerus Lepisorus macrosphaerus f. maximus Lepisorus macrosphaerus f. minimus Lepisorus longipes Lepisorus macrosphaerus var. asterolepis Lepisorus macrosphaerus var. macrosphaerus Lepisorus macrosphaerus var. maximus Lepisorus macrosphaerus var. minimus