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2. Schizaea digitata (L.) Sw.wfo-0001116503

Syn. Fil.: 150, 380. t. 4. f. 1. 1896; Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 452. f. 279. 1883; Christ, Bot. Tidsskr. 24: 112 1901; C.Chr., Bot. Tidsskr. 32: 349. 1916; Bonap., Notes Pteridol. 13: 101. 1921; Tardieu. & C.Chr. in Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 7(2): 42. f. 6, 4–5. 1939; Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya 2: 51. f. 7. 1955; in Fl. Males. Ser. II, Pterid. 1: 41. f. 3 a–e. 1959; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 15. 1961; 23: 228. 1965; Seidenf., Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 19: 85. 1958; Ching, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 2: 114. pl. 7. f. 1–6. 1959.— Acrostichum digitatumL., Sp. Pl.: 1068. 1753.

Accepted Name : Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall.
Numer. List: n.° 1. 1829.

Description : Rhizome short, creeping or ascending, deep in the earth. Fronds 4–10 on one stock, erect, unbranched, grass-like when sterile, 15–35 cm long, winged except for the base, the widest portion about 5 mm; costae prominent on lower and slightly groove on upper surfaces, glandular hairs abundant below. Sporangia-bearing lobes 7–20 at apex of fronds, equal, 2–5 cm long, about 1.2 mm broad.

Thailand : SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi (Makham), Trat (Khao Saming, Ko Chang, Ko Kut); PENINSULAR: Ranong (Khao Nom Sao, Muang Laen), Surat Thani (Bang Bao, Ban Kop Kaep, Ban Na, Khanthuli), Phangnga (Kasum), Songkhla (Khao Pak), Satun (Adang), Narathiwat (Bacho), Yala (Mae Wing, Ban Chana).

Distribution : Tropical Asia (type from Ceylon), north to S China (Kwangtung, Hainan, Taiwan) and Micronesia.

Ecology : Terrestrial in light shade at low altitudes.

Vernacular : Tan bit (ตานบิด), tan sai (ตานทราย)(Peninsular).

E-version notes : For more details see Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, as Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall. ex C.F.Reed.