Lepisorus suboligolepidus Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 15-28 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, to 10 cm, 1.8-2.5 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales brown, sometimes with paler margins, lanceolate, 2.5-5 × up to 1 mm, margins serrate, center opaque, marginal 1 or 2 rows of cells transparent or not. Fronds closely spaced; stipe straw-colored, 1.5-2(-3) cm, 1-1.5 mm in diam.; lamina grayish yellow when dried, lanceolate, 15-28 × 1.5-2.5 cm, normally widest 1/3 from base, distal 1/3 abruptly attenuate, ± hard and leathery, both surfaces subglabrous, or abaxial surface occasionally sparsely scaly, scales lanceolate or suborbicular, transparent, lamina base attenuate, decurrent, apex long acuminate; costa robust, raised on both sides, veinlets faintly visible. Sori usually along distal part of lamina, midway between costa and margins or nearer costa, orbicular, 2.5-3 mm in diam.; paraphyses brown, orbicular, nearly polygonal in shape, 0.4-0.6 mm in diam., center thick and dark. Spores verrucose.
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.28
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Soil texture 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Lepisorus suboligolepidus world distribution map, present in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17336820-1
WFO ID wfo-0001115962
COL ID 6PD3R
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Synonyms

Polypodium suboligolepidum Lepisorus suboligolepidus Pleopeltis suboligolepidus