Lepisorus thaipaiensis Ching & S.K.Wu

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants 10-20 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, ca. 2 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales spreading, brown or dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, 2-2.5 × 1.1-1.5 mm, clathrate, margin spiny, apex with a long sharp awn; lumina isodiametrically polygonal, oblong toward apex. Fronds clustered or remote; stipe straw-colored, 2-10 cm, ca. 1 mm in diam.; lamina grayish green on both surfaces when dried, lanceolate, 18-30 × 1.5-2.5 cm, widest at or below middle, papery or membranous, abaxially sparsely scaly, base cuneate, margin flat and straight, apex shortly acuminate. Main veins raised abaxially, adaxially flat or slightly raised or depressed in limited places, veinlets obscure. Sori along distal 1/3-2/3 of lamina, midway between costa and margin, suborbicular, ca. 2 mm in diam.; paraphyses irregularly stellate or lanceolate, margin with long and thick spines; lumina irregular, large and transparent.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Lepisorus thaipaiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17508160-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125499
COL ID 3TFPG
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Synonyms

Lepisorus thaipaiensis Lepisorus henanensis Lepisorus venosus