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4. Lindsaea javanensis Blumewfo-0001109912

Enum. Pl. Javae: 219. 1828; Tardieu & C.Chr. in Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 124. 1939; Tagawa & K.Iwats., S.E. Asian Stud. 5: 75. 1967; Kramer in Fl. Males., Ser. II. 1: 208. 1971; Gard. Bull. Singapore 26: 25. 1972.— Schizoloma javanense (Blume) Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 2: 349. f. 202. 1955.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : This is rather close to L. chienii differing in: terminal pinnules larger, subdeltoid or rhombic, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, shallowly lobed at margin, bearing sori at oblique apex of lobes.

Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng); CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok (Khao Yai); PENINSULAR: Nakhon Si Thammarat (Khao Luang).

Distribution : Assam, Burma, Indochina and W Malesia (type from Java), north to the Ryukyus and southern edge of Japan.

Ecology : Terrestrial on mountain slopes at medium altitudes.

Notes: Kramer notes that the continental form of this species is closer to Lindsaea chienii than Malesian form. In some larger forms L. javanensis is similar to L. heterophylla but is easily distinguished by its free venation. There is an opinion that this is merely a young form of the preceding, but we have observed in the field, both in Thailand and in Japan, that the plants are fully mature.

E-version notes : For more details see Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.