Biology:Polypodium australe
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Genus: | Polypodium |
| Species: | P. australe
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| Binomial name | |
| Polypodium australe Fée
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Polypodium australe is a plant in the Polypodiaceae family. The common polypody is medicinal plant known since the times of Dioscorides, and its rhizome is used against cough and liver diseases.
Etymology
Polypodium is derived from the Greek Polus, many, and podion, small foot, since the rhizome bears numerous roots. Australe comes from the Latin auter, wind of the south, for in Europe, this species grows largely in the Mediterranean basin.[1]
Description
Perennial. Rhizome elongate, often above ground, densely covered with rusty scales. Fronds distich, 5–30 cm, glabrous, deltoid in outline; petiole yellowish green, shorter than the pinnatipartite limb. Segments 5-28 on each side; margin dentate, marked with a strong midrib. Sori round, 2–4 mm in diameter, orange-yellow, arranged on each side of the midrib of segments.
Fructification
February–July.
Habitat
Shady rocks.
Distribution
Coast, lower mountain.
Geographic area
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco.Mediterranean, Atlantic Europe.
References
- ↑ Roberts, RH; Synnott, DM (1972). "Polypodium australe Fee in Scotland and North East Ireland". Watsonia 9: 39-41. http://archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats9p39.pdf. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
Mustapha Nehmeh, Wild flowers of Lebanon,National Council For Scientific Research,1978, page 133.
- Georges Tohme& Henriette Tohme, IIIustrated Flora of Lebanon, National Council For Scientific Research, Second Edition 2014.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q12215699 entry
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