Biology:Lepisorus squamatus

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Short description: Species of fern

Lepisorus squamatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Lepisorus
Species:
L. squamatus
Binomial name
Lepisorus squamatus
(A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) C.F.Zhao, R.Wei & X.C.Zhang
Synonyms[1]
  • Lemmaphyllum squamatum (A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) Li Wang
  • Caobangia squamata A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang

Lepisorus squamatus is a species of fern known only from Vietnam and from Guangxi Province in southern China .[1] The plant is herbaceous, spreading by rhizomes. The leaves are simple, elliptical, and the sori are round, on the underside of the leaves. The spores are white.[2][3][4]

The systematic position of the species varies. It was originally described in the monotypic genus Caobangia as Caobangia squamata.[1] It has also been placed in Lemmaphyllum as Lemmaphyllum squamatum.[1][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hassler, Michael (2004–2021), Genus Lepisorus, https://www.worldplants.de/world-ferns/ferns-and-lycophytes-list#g-315, retrieved 2021-09-24 
  2. Smith, Alan Reid, & Zhang, Xian-chun. 2002. Caobangia, a new genus and species of Polypodiaceae from Vietnam. Novon 12:546-550.
  3. Smith, A. R., K. M. Pryer, E. Schuettpelz, P. Korall, H. Schneider & P. Wolff. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731.
  4. Flora of China v 2-3 p 827.
  5. "Lemmaphyllum squamatum (A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) Li Wang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77103602-1. 

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