Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Details
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl, Arbeiten Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 23 (1892)
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Nomenclature
Mett. ex Prantl
Prantl
1892
23
ICN
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
genus
Leptolepia
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Sori near apex of segs; indusium free above, upper margin toothed; sporangia globose, stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores tetrahedral, finely tuberculate. Rhizome far-creeping, slender, solenostelic, clad in dark brown to ferruginous hairs. Lamina finely dissected, veins free. The N.Z. sp., or a closely allied one, occurs in Queensland and New Guinea.
Taxonomic concepts
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Leptolepia Prantl
Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl
Notes
Etymology
From the Greek lepto- (slender, small) and lepis (a scale), a reference to the nature of the indusia.
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
13 March 2018