Pleocnemia leuzeana C.Presl

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dryopteridaceae > Elaphoglossoideae > Pleocnemia

Characteristics

Rhizome prostrate; stipe 90-100 cm; rhizome and stipe base scales 2.5-3 cm, ca. 2 mm wide at base, margins conspicuously toothed. Lamina 3-or 4-pinnatifid, 80-90 × ca. 100 cm; basal pinnae largest, ca. 50 × 30 cm, basal basiscopic primary pinnule elongate, ca. 30 cm; pinnules of middle pinnae lobed more than 3/4 toward costules, lobes crenate at margin, sinuses between 2 lobes 3-5 mm wide, with a triangular tooth in each sinus; lamina papery, veins forming in 1 or 2 rows of costal areoles and 1 row of costular areoles, other veins free; costules and veins with yellow glandular hairs on abaxial surfaces. Sori medial, dorsal on free veins; indusia persistent; perispore densely spiny.
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Near P. olivacea in form of pinnules; basal scales not recorded; sinus-teeth broadly triangular, on basiscopic side of sinus; spores with many small obtuse protuberances all over them.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Pleocnemia leuzeana world distribution map, present in American Samoa, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Province of China, Viet Nam, and Samoa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17178170-1
WFO ID wfo-0001242627
COL ID 6W2NF
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Synonyms

Dryopteris leuzeana Nephrodium leuzeanum Aspidium leuzeanum Pleocnemia leuzeana Polypodium leuzeanum