Woodsia shensiensis Ching

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Woodsiaceae > Woodsia

Characteristics

Plants 10-15 cm tall. Rhizomes short, erect, scaly; scales light brown, lanceolate, ca. 3 mm, membranous, margin entire. Fronds clustered; stipe stramineous, 3-5 cm, articulate at lower part, scaly at base, upward sparsely scaly; scales narrowly lanceolate; lamina 1-pinnate-pinnatifid to 2-pinnate, lanceolate, 7-10 × 1.5-2.9 cm, thinly herbaceous, abaxially with few brown articulate hairs, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, apex acuminate; rachis, costae, and leaf margin also with few similar hairs; pinnae 8-10 pairs, ca. 1 cm apart, shortly stalked, slightly oblique; lower pinnae shorter than above; middle pinnae largest, ovate-rhombic, 1-1.5 cm × 7-10 mm, base broadly cuneate, margin pinnatifid or pinnate, with 2 or 3 pairs of pinnules, apex acute; pinnules obovate, basal pair largest, ca. 7 mm, serrate or crenate. Veins pinnate, distinct. Sori suborbicular, usually terminal at ends of veinlets, 2-4 per segment; indusia saucer-shaped, with long-villous margin.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Distribution

Woodsia shensiensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17365330-1
WFO ID wfo-0001123600
COL ID 7FVK8
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Synonyms

Woodsia shensiensis