Microsorum membranaceum (D.Don) Ching

Species

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Characteristics

Rhizome creeping, thick, 3-10 mm in diam., dorsiventrally flattened or subcylindrical, not white waxy. Scales pseudopeltate, ovate or triangular, 1.5-9 × 1-3 mm, margin entire, apex acute, clathrate except for hyaline marginal region, central region bearing multiseptate hairs at least when young. Fronds not or slightly dimorphic. Stipe up to 15 cm, 3-5 mm in diam. Lamina simple, ovate to elliptic or narrowly so to linear, (5-) 25-110 × (1-)5-15 cm, membranous, base narrowly decrescent, stipe winged for a considerable part, margin entire, apex acuminate. Veins prominent and distinct. Sori separate, on whole surface of lamina, sometimes forming 2-8 irregular rows between veins or some connate, elongate on veinlets, orbicular or elongate, 1-2 mm in diam., or length ca. 2.5 mm, superficial or slightly sunken.
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Distribution

Microsorum membranaceum world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1104566-2
WFO ID wfo-0001117721
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Synonyms

Phymatodes grandifolia Microsorum indicum Microsorum schneideri Pleopeltis nigricans Polypodium huegelii Polypodium nigricans Polypodium schneideri Polypodium membranaceum Microsorum membranaceum Polypodium hymenodes Pleopeltis membranacea Pleopeltis grandifolia Polypodium grandifolium Microsorum hymenodes Polypodium transparens Lepidomicrosorium hymenodes Microsorum carinatum Polypodium membranaceum var. grandifolium Pleopeltis rupestris var. nigricans Polypodium normale var. sumatranum Microsorum membranaceum var. carinatum Pleopeltis rupestris var. parallela