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7. Lepisorus suboligolepidus Chingwfo-0001115962

Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 77. 1933.— Pleopeltis suboligolepida (Ching) Tagawa & K.Iwats., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26: 172. 1975.


Accepted Name : Lepisorus oligolepidus Ching
Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 80. 1933.


Description : Rhizome creeping, 2 mm diam., bearing fronds rather closely, dark on surface, densely scaly throughout; scales ovate-subtriangular with long-attenuate apex, irregularly toothed at margin, up to 3 by 1.5 mm, the central portion dark brown, not transparent, the marginal portion distinctly clathrate. Stipes up to 2 cm long, stramineous, scaly at base. Fronds linear-lanceolate, broadest at middle, narrowing towards both the attenuate ends, entire and plane at margin, up to 20 by 2 cm; subcoriaceous; veins invisible, copiously anastomosing, sparsely minutely scaly on lower syrface. Sori medial, round, about 2 mm diam., distinct from the next ones, superficial.


Thailand : NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng).


Distribution : SW China (Yunnan – type), Taiwan.


Ecology : In mossy crevices of mossy rocks by streams at about 1,200 m alt., collected only in one locality in Thailand.


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


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