Lepisorus morrisonensis (Hayata) H.Ito

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 10-30 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, strong, densely scaly; scales deep brown, broadly lanceolate; middle lumina small, square to rectangular, cell walls thickened, cell cavities narrow, opaque, margins brownish and transparent and usually erose, apex acuminate, attached by one point. Fronds normally closely spaced; stipe straw-colored, 1-3 cm, sparsely scaly; lamina when dried greenish on both surfaces or abaxially yellowish, adaxially gray-green, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, widest at middle, 12-30 × 1-3 cm, herbaceous to thickly papery, base attenuate, decurrent, margin flat and straight, apex acuminate or shortly acute; costa raised on both sides, abaxially sparsely scaly; veinlets visible. Sori orbicular, slightly closer to costa; paraphyses brown, orbicular; lumina large, transparent.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Lepisorus morrisonensis world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17402260-1
WFO ID wfo-0001118561
COL ID 3TFMD
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Synonyms

Lepisorus morrisonensis Polypodium morrisonense