Selliguea cruciformis (Ching) Fraser-jenk.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Drynarioideae > Selliguea

Characteristics

Rhizome 2-3 mm in diam., densely scaly throughout; scales light brown or glaucous, lanceolate, ca. 4 × 1 mm, margin entire or subentire, apex acuminate, long subulate. Fronds monomorphic. Stipe straw-colored, 2-5 cm, scaly at base, glabrous upward; lamina 3 or 5(-7)-lobed, ca. 10 × 7.5 cm, base cuneate, margin minutely notched between veins, apex obtuse; basal lobes spreading, other lateral lobes slightly smaller and ascending, subdeltoid, gradually narrowed from base to acute apex; terminal lobe large, up to 8 × 2 cm, apex rounded. Costa and lateral veins raised on both surfaces, veinlets hardly visible. Lamina papery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface glaucous. Sori orbicular, in single row distal on lobes, slightly nearer to margin, sunken on abaxial surface and raised on adaxial surface.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Selliguea cruciformis world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100115-1
WFO ID wfo-0001035969
COL ID 6YD8D
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Synonyms

Phymatopsis cruciformis Polypodium cruciforme Phymatodes cruciformis Crypsinus cruciformis Phymatopteris cruciformis Selliguea cruciformis