Lepisorus nudus Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 15-23 cm tall. Rhizomes slender and creeping, 1.5-2 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales ± dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 × 0.6-1.2 mm, basifixed, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; middle lumina elongate, wall thickened, transparent. Fronds 0.5-1 cm apart; stipe deep brown, 1-5 cm, 0.8-1 mm in diam., smooth; lamina gray-green or brown on both surfaces when dried, lanceolate, 15-30 × 0.1-2 cm, widest at middle, softly leathery or leathery, very sparsely scaly, base cuneate and decurrent, margin flat and straight or slightly recurved, apex shortly acuminate. Main veins raised on both sides, veinlets obscure. Sori along distal 1/3 of lamina, slightly closer to costa, suborbicular, 2-2.5 mm in diam., slightly raised abaxially and sunken adaxially; paraphyses deep brown, orbicular, 0.4-0.55 mm in diam.; middle lumina subsquare and transparent.
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.23
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Lepisorus nudus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17336700-1
WFO ID wfo-0001117825
COL ID 3TFMR
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Synonyms

Drynaria sesquipedalis Drynaria zeylanica Lepisorus intermedius Pleopeltis wightiana Niphobolus sesquipedalis Lepisorus sequipedalis Polypodium leiopteris Lepisorus tenuipes Pleopeltis nuda Polypodium nudum Polypodium wightianum Phymatodes nuda Drynaria nuda Lepisorus gyirongensis Polypodium sesquipedales Pleopeltis leiopteris Lepisorus nudus