Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

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Etymology

Named after Marco C. Roos (1955 - present), a Dutch botanist.

Family

Polypodiaceae

Nomenclature

Drynaria roosii Nakaike, New Fl. Jap. Pterid.: 841. 1992. – Drynaria fortunei (Kunze ex Mett.) J.Sm. in Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 425. 1857, non T.Moore; Bedd., Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind.: 92: 1892; Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 518. 1941; Tagawa, J. Jap. Bot. 38: 329. 1963; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 546, f. 55.1. 1989; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 269. 2000; Dy Phon, Dictionary of Plants used in Cambodia: 251. 2000; Newman et al., Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Lao PDR: 29. 2007. – Polypodium fortunei Kunze ex Mett., Abh. Senck. Naturf. Ges. 2: 121, t. 3, f. 42–45. 1857.

Description

Rhizome creeping, up to 1.2 cm diam., densely scaly throughout; scales, narrow, gradually narrowing from peltate base towards attenuately tailed apex, up to 8 by about 1.4 mm, dark brown with paler margin, distinctly toothed at margin. Nest-leaves sessile, adnate, oval, up to 10 by 6.5 cm, lobed to a half-way between midrib and margin; lobes oblong-subdeltoid, acuminate at apex, entire, up to 1.5 cm broad. Foliage-leaves: stipes short, up to 10 cm long, narrowly winged throughout; laminae narrowly oblong, slightly narrowing from base to apex, up to 40 by 25 cm; lobed nearly to rachis, remaining narrow wings of rachis less than 5 mm in breadth, narrowly oblong from base towards moderately acute apex, entire but irregularly waved, up to 11 by 2.5 cm, the basal lobes the longest or reduced; costa and main veins minutely pubescent, main veins and cross veins distinct on both surfaces the other veins less so, anastomosing with free included veinlets; chartaceous, glabrous. Sori dispersed from the upper central portion downwards, two rows of round sori or a single row of crescent sori between adjacent main veins.

Distribution in Thailand

NORTHERN: Chiang Mai.

Distribution in Laos

Xieng Khouang.

Wider Distribution

S China, Indochina and Taiwan.

Ecology

On the trunks of trees.

Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment

Least Concern (LC). This species is fairly widespread and not under any known threat.

Notes

Said to have various medicinal uses (Dy Phon, 2000).

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Drynaria roosii Nakaike Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in C:\Data\serverroots\htdocs\ThaiFerns\factsheets\functions.php on line 17 Etymology Named after Marco C. Roos (1955 - present), a Dutch botanist. Family Polypodiaceae Nomenclature Drynaria roosii Nakaike, New Fl. Jap. Pterid.: 841. 1992. – Drynaria fortunei (Kunze ex Mett.) J.Sm. in Seem., Bot. Voy. Herald: 425. 1857, non T.Moore; Bedd., Suppl. Ferns Brit. Ind.: 92: 1892; Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 518. 1941; Tagawa, J. Jap. Bot. 38: 329. 1963; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 546, f. 55.1. 1989; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 269. 2000; Dy Phon, Dictionary of Plants used in Cambodia: 251. 2000; Newman et al., Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Lao PDR: 29. 2007. – Polypodium fortunei Kunze ex Mett., Abh. Senck. Naturf. Ges. 2: 121, t. 3, f. 42–45. 1857. Description Rhizome creeping, up to 1.2 cm diam., densely scaly throughout; scales, narrow, gradually narrowing from peltate base towards attenuately tailed apex, up to 8 by about 1.4 mm, dark brown with paler margin, distinctly toothed at margin. Nest-leaves sessile, adnate, oval, up to 10 by 6.5 cm, lobed to a half-way between midrib and margin; lobes oblong-subdeltoid, acuminate at apex, entire, up to 1.5 cm broad. Foliage-leaves: stipes short, up to 10 cm long, narrowly winged throughout; laminae narrowly oblong, slightly narrowing from base to apex, up to 40 by 25 cm; lobed nearly to rachis, remaining narrow wings of rachis less than 5 mm in breadth, narrowly oblong from base towards moderately acute apex, entire but irregularly waved, up to 11 by 2.5 cm, the basal lobes the longest or reduced; costa and main veins minutely pubescent, main veins and cross veins distinct on both surfaces the other veins less so, anastomosing with free included veinlets; chartaceous, glabrous. Sori dispersed from the upper central portion downwards, two rows of round sori or a single row of crescent sori between adjacent main veins. Distribution in Thailand NORTHERN: Chiang Mai. Distribution in Laos Xieng Khouang. Wider Distribution S China, Indochina and Taiwan. Ecology On the trunks of trees. Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment Least Concern (LC). This species is fairly widespread and not under any known threat. Notes Said to have various medicinal uses (Dy Phon, 2000). Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in C:\Data\serverroots\htdocs\ThaiFerns\factsheets\functions.php on line 17
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Drynaria roosii Nakaike