Microsorum pappei (mett. ex Kuhn) Tardieu In Humbert

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Microsorum

Characteristics

Rhizome up to 3 mm in diameter, set with dark brown, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, entire rhizome-scales c. 35 mm long. Fronds spaced c. 30 mm apart, simple, stipitate, firmly mem-branous; stipe pale green, up to 120 mm long, glabrous except for a few dark brown scales basally; lamina elliptic, up to 370 x 80 mm, entire to weakly undulate, acuminate, decurrent basally, midrib pale, prominent below; vena-tion obscure. Sori borne between the midrib and halfway to the margin, c. 5(-25) mm in dia-meter.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Microsorum pappei world distribution map, present in Madagascar, Mozambique, Mayotte, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17407180-1
WFO ID wfo-0001108700
COL ID 89G9D
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INPN ID 807415
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Synonyms

Neolepisorus pappei Microsorum pappei Polypodium pappei