Lepisorus tricholepis K.H.Shing ex Y.X.Lin

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lepisorus

Characteristics

Plants ca. 30 cm tall. Rhizomes long and creeping, ca. 4 mm in diam., densely scaly and brown villous, roots also densely very long villous; scales deep brown, triangular-lanceolate, 2-3 × 0.8-1.2 mm, usually with a tuft of hairs, margin with long and thick spines; lumina large, transparent. Fronds ± closely spaced; stipe straw-colored, 5-13 cm; lamina yellow-brown on both surfaces when dried, linear-lanceolate, 17-25 × 1.9-2 cm, thick and fleshy, softly leathery when dried, base attenuate, decurrent, apex shortly acuminate; costa raised on both sides, veinlets obscure. Sori closer to costa, orbicular; paraphyses brown, deeply stellate, margin with long and thick spines, 0.5-0.8 mm in diam.; lumina large.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Lepisorus tricholepis world distribution map, present in Bhutan and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20002369-1
WFO ID wfo-0001260318
COL ID 3TFPL
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Synonyms

Lepisorus tricholepis