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Polypodiaceae

Lepisorus

Lepisorus microphyllus (C.Presl) ined.

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Arunachal Pradesh to Temp. E. Asia. It is a rhizomatous epiphyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

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Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Vietnam

Homotypic Synonyms

Drymoglossum microphyllum (C.Presl) C.Chr. in Index Filic.: 246 (1905)
Lemmaphyllum carnosum var. microphyllum (C.Presl) X.P.Wei in J. Syst. Evol. 51: 493 (2013)
Lemmaphyllum carnosum subsp. microphyllum (C.Presl) Fraser-Jenk. & Kandel in Indian J. Forest. 42: 310 (2019)
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 263 (1851)
Taenitis microphylla (C.Presl) Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 58 (1868)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Drymoglossum carnosum var. obovatum Harr. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 33 (1877)
Drymoglossum nobukoanum Makino in J. Jap. Bot. 7: 8 (1931)
Drymoglossum obovatum (Harr.) Christ in J. Bot. (Morot) 19: 73 (1905)
Drymoglossum obovatum var. lutchuense Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 396 (1926)
Drymoglossum spatulatum C.Presl in Tent. Pterid.: 227 (1836)
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. lutchuense (Nakai) Christ in Dansk Bot. Ark. 6(3): 47 (1929)
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. nobukoanum (Makino) Nakaike in Enum. Pterid. Jap.: Filic.: 332 (1975)
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. obovatum (Harr.) C.Chr. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 6(3): 47 (1929)
Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. spathulatum (C.Presl) Nakaike in J. Nippon Fernist Club 3(Suppl. 2): 104 (2004)
Lemmaphyllum minimum S.H.Fu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 5: 75 (1956)
Lemmaphyllum nobukoanum (Makino) Ching in Icon. Filic. Sin. 2: t. 80 (1934)
Lemmaphyllum spathulatum C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 158 (1851)
Lemmaphyllum squamosum C.Chr. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 6(3): 48 (1929)

Kew Backbone Distributions

Ebihara, A. (2017). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 2: 1-507. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes. 2 , Athyriaceae - Polypodiaceae. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(2): 1-476. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.

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Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 1928	s.coll. [s.n.], China	Lemmaphyllum microphyllum var. obovatum	K000959599	Unknown type material	Yes

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