Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
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Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn., Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereines Steiermark 49: 181 (1913)
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Nomenclature
(Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Forssk.
Woyn.
1913
181
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Polystichum setiferum
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Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Rhizomes short, erect, bearing weak and often ± prostrate fronds. Stipes to 12 cm long, densely scaly; scales broad, uniformly pale orange-brown. Rachises covered in narrower scales, bearing bulbils at junctions with primary pinnae throughout. Laminae narrowly ovate or narrowly triangular, 2-3-pinnate at base, to 60 × 20 cm. Primary pinnae in 40 or more pairs, narrowly ovate, to 11 × 2.5 cm. Secondary pinnae in 15-25 pairs on longest primary pinnae, stalked, ± elliptic but with a large basal acroscopic lobe; apices drawn out into long fine points; margins deeply incised or divided into 2-3 pairs of tertiary pinnae. Sori round, protected by uniformly pale brown peltate indusia.
Taxonomic concepts
Polypodium setiferum Forssk.
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) T.Moore ex Woyn.
Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Woyn.
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1 January 2000
21 June 2021