Lomagramma leucolepis Holttum

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Elaphoglossoideae > Lomagramma

Characteristics

Rhizome 12 mm ø, containing 3 meristeles besides ventral root-bearing one; scales rather light brown, not clathrate, to 1.5 mm wide. Sterile acrophylls: stipes 12 cm long, sparsely covered with small pale brown scales, only the smallest clathrate; frond 75 cm long, rachis bearing scales with bullate bases; pinnae to 14 by 2 cm, sessile, basiscopic base subcordate or rounded, acroscopic broader and rounded in lower pinnae, broadly cuneate in upper, apex acuminate, edges very broadly crenate in distal l/3; veins fine, distinctly raised on both surfaces; scales rather abundant on midrib and veins of lower surface, bullate-acuminate. Fertile pinnae of type mostly broken, largest intact one (near base of frond) 7 cm long (in herb. MICH to 10.5 cm), 3-5 mm wide, subsessile, base rounded, slightly narrowed towards blunt apex.
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A fern.
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It is a tropical plant. It has been recorded at 1,200 m above sea level.
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Steep slope in rain-forest, at 1200 m, locally common.
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Distribution

Lomagramma leucolepis world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17442680-1
WFO ID wfo-0001257298
COL ID 3VW3R
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Synonyms

Lomagramma leucolepis