Pleopeltis macrocarpa (bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Polypodioideae > Pleopeltis

Characteristics

Rhizome wide-creeping, up to 2 mm in diam., branched, dorsally with spaced phyllopodia up to 2 mm long; scales appressed, clathrate, ovate, up to 2 x 1 mm, cordate-imbricate to peltate. Fronds monomorphic, erect to arching, up to 295 mm long. Stipe articulated, convex adaxially, up to 52 x 1.2 mm; scales similar to, but slightly paler than those on rhizome, also with circular, appressed, peltate scales. Lamina firmly herbaceous, simple, entire, linear-cuneate, attenuate, up to 210 x 14 mm, adaxially moderately to sparsely set with hairs and scales, hairs 2-celled, scales appressed, clathrate, peltate, circular to lanceolate, up to 1.5 x 0.5 mm, abaxially moderately to densely set with hairs and scales similar to, but slightly larger than those on adaxial surface; venation obscure, reticulate, with or without simple or branched free veinlets. Sori circular to oval, up to 4 mm in diam., 1 per primary areole, exindusiate; receptacle with long-stalked, clathrate, peltate scales up to 1.6 mm in diam., erose.
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Rhizome widely creeping, c. 2 mm in diameter, set with lanceolate-acuminate, brown rhizome-scales c. 3 mm long with a dark central stripe and pale laciniate-lacerate margins. Fronds spaced up to 25 mm apart, coriaceous, stipitate; stipe grey brown at maturity, up to 80 mm long, set with occasional small pale, circular to lanceolate scales with dark centre; lamina narrowly elliptic, up to 200 x 17 mm, entire, upper surface glabrous, lower surface set with numerous pale, circular to lanceolate, minutely erose-lacerate scales less than 1 mm in diameter with dark centres. Sori oval, up to 4 mm in diameter, in a line on either side of midrib in upper half of lamina.
Rhizome widely creeping, ± 2 mm in diameter, set with lanceolate-acuminate rhizome scales. Fronds simple. Soral paraphyses peltate, conspicuous in young sori. Undersurface of frond with numerous lacerate, peltate scales. Lamina narrowly elliptic, up to 200 x 17 mm. Sori oval, in upper half of lamina.
Perennial with widely spreading rhizome. Fronds spaced, firmly herbaceous to coriaceous, stipe sparsely scaled, lamina simple, entire, narrowly elliptic, to 20 cm long, minutely lacerate-scaled beneath. Null Sori oval, to 4 mm diam.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Therapeutic use Condyloma (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Sore(Throat) (unspecified)
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Images

Habit

Pleopeltis macrocarpa habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Pleopeltis macrocarpa leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)
Pleopeltis macrocarpa leaf picture by Gomez Alberto (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pleopeltis macrocarpa flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Pleopeltis macrocarpa fruit picture by Schnittler Martin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pleopeltis macrocarpa world distribution map, present in Angola, Argentina, Burundi, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Honduras, India, Kenya, Liberia, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, eSwatini, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17448650-1
WFO ID wfo-0001108687
COL ID 77QN2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706667
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Synonyms

Grammitis robusta Drynaria lepidota Polypodium zeyheri Marginaria macrocarpa Phlebodium macrocarpum Pleopeltis corcovadensis Pleopeltis ensifolia Pleopeltis helenae Polypodium lanceolatum Drynaria macrocarpa Phlebodium lanceolatum Marginaria lanceolata Lepicystis lanceolata Niphobolus lanceolatus Polypodium lepidotum Drynaria lepidotum Pleopeltis lepidota Polypodium macrocarpum Pleopeltis kaulfussiana Marginaria marginata Pleopeltis macrocarpa var. macrocarpa Pleopeltis lanceolata Drynaria compacta Polypodium lanceolatum var. araucanum Polypodium lepidotum var. latifolium Polypodium lepidotum var. macrocarpum Pleopeltis macrocarpa