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6. Lygodium salicifolium C.Preslwfo-0001124449

Suppl. Tent. Pterid.: 102. 1845; C.Chr., Bot. Tidsskr. 32: 349. 1916.; E.Smith, J. Siam Soc. Nat. Hist. Suppl. 8: 8. 1929; Tardieu & C.Chr. in Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 7(2): 41. 1939 ; Holttum In Fl. Males. Ser. II, Pterid. 1: 51. f. 6. 10, 13 a–b. 1959 ; Dansk Bot. Ark. 20: 16. 1961; 23: 228. 1965; Rev. Fl. Malaya ed. 2. 2: 630. 1968; Seidenf., Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 19: 85. 1958; Chiang, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 2: 111. pl. 7. f. 7–9. 1959; Tagawa & K.Iwats., S.E. Asian Stud. 3(3): 72. 1965; 5: 34. 1967; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 51. 1968.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Rhizome shortly creeping, densely covered with blackish brown hairs. Fronds very large, climbing, to several metres tall; stipes stramineous, minutely pubescent, very narrowly winged or with a distinct line at both sides; rachis like the upper part of stipes, 1.5–2.2 mm diam.; primary rachis-branches very short, up to 4 mm long, the apex dormant, covered with brown hairs; secondary rachis-branches pinnate, with about 4 pairs of leaflets and a terminal usually deeply lobed one; tertiary leaflets oblong-lanceolate, moderately acute at apex, cordate, subhastate or in extreme form 5-lobed at base, minutely dentate at margin, typically 10 cm long, 2.5 cm broad; stalks of leaflets distinct but wanting in smaller leaflets, up to 1.2 cm long, with a distinct junction at base of laminae; lamina herbaceous to soft papyraceous, fresh green, almost glabrous on both surfaces except the hairy margin; every axis higher than the secondary rachis-branches with narrow but distinct wings, pubescent throughout, somewhat swollen at every junction. Sporangia-bearing lobes protruding at margin of tertiary leaflets, 2–5 mm long, about 1.2 mm broad; indusia glabrous.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Rai (Doi Tung, Doi Chang, Nam Mae Kok), Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep, Tha Ko), Phrae (Huai Ton Yang, Mae Sai); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Luang); EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok (Khao Yai); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chantaburi (Makham, Khao Sabap), Chon Buri (Ban Bung), Trat (Laem Ngop, Ko Chang); SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Kroeng Kawia, Sai Yok), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Bang Saphan); PENINSULAR: Surat Thani (Ban Don, Ko Tao), Phangnga (Khao Nang Hong), Nakhon Si Thammarat (Thung Song, Ronphibun, Khiriwong), Trang (Khao Chong), Phatthalung, Satun (Tarutao), Narathiwat (Bacho Falls, Su-ngai Kolok), Yala (Bangnang Sata).

Distribution : Assam to Yunnan, Indochina, Hainan, Taiwan, throughout Malesia (type form Singapore), southeast to New Guinea and Micronesia.

Ecology : On rather dry mountain slopes in tropical evergreen forests at low or medium altitudes.

Vernacular : Kut khue (กูดคือ), saiphan phi (สายพานผี), u taphao (อู่ตะเภา)(Northern); kachot (กะฉอด), kachot nu (กะฉอดหนู)(Southeastern); yan i-phao (ย่านอีเภา), yan yai phao (ย่านยายเภา)(Peninsular); li-bu (ลีบู)(Malay-Peninsular).

Uses: Stems used in making handbags and hats.

Notes: Some collections consisting of juvenile plants have been referred to the following species, but Lygodium salicifolium is distinct from L. circinatum in the presence of articulation and hairs on axes.

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