Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

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Family

Aspleniaceae

Nomenclature

Asplenium nitidum Sw., Syn. Fil. (Swartz): 84, 280. 1806; Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 157. 1883; Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 237, f. 27, 1. 1940; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 286. 1985; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 143. 2000. – Tarachia nitida (Sw.) C.Presl, Epimel. Bot. 83. 1851. – Asplenium spathulinum Kunze, Bot. Zeitung 6: 524. 1848. non J.Sm. ex Hook, Sp. Fil. 3: 170. 1860. - Type: Philippines, Luzon, or Peninsular Malaysia ("Malacca"), Cuming 376 (BM, E, MICH, P, UC, US).

Asplenium glaucophyllum Alderw., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser.2, 7: 6. 1912; Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya ed. 1, 2: 440, f. 258. 1955 [‘1954’]; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 55. 1968.

Description

Rhizome short creeping, densely scaly; scales narrow, gradually narrowing from base to long-tailed apex, up to 1.5 cm long, 1 mm broad, entire and distinctly crisped, brown, finely clathrate. Stipes nearly black, glabrous, up to 40 cm long. Laminae bipinnate, elliptic or narrower, narrowing towards acuminate apex, slightly narrow at base, about 60 by 25 cm; rachis dark, glabrous, slightly grooved on upper surface; lateral pinnae more than 10 pairs, with stalks of about 1 cm, ascending, narrowly lanceolate, narrowing towards acuminate apex, truncate at base, up to 13 by 4 cm; costa wingless, grooved, glabrous; pinnules about 8 pairs below indistinctly lobed apical portion, shortly stalked, round to moderately acute at apex, truncate at acroscopic base, dimidiately cuneate at basiscopic base, up to 2.2 by 12 cm, shallowly toothed at margin, papyraceous, glabrous; veins subdichotomously 3 to 5 times forked, visible on both surfaces. Sori 5–7 mm long; indusia thin, pale.

Distribution in Thailand

PENINSULAR: Narathiwat.

Wider Distribution

Sri Lanka, S India, E Himalaya (Nepal to Assam) and W Malesia.

Ecology

Epiphytic or lithophytic .

Similar species

Asplenium affine Sw.

Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment

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

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Asplenium nitidum Sw. 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 Family Aspleniaceae Nomenclature Asplenium nitidum Sw., Syn. Fil. (Swartz): 84, 280. 1806; Bedd., Handb. Ferns Brit. India: 157. 1883; Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 237, f. 27, 1. 1940; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 286. 1985; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 143. 2000. – Tarachia nitida (Sw.) C.Presl, Epimel. Bot. 83. 1851. – Asplenium spathulinum Kunze, Bot. Zeitung 6: 524. 1848. non J.Sm. ex Hook, Sp. Fil. 3: 170. 1860. - Type: Philippines, Luzon, or Peninsular Malaysia ("Malacca"), Cuming 376 (BM, E, MICH, P, UC, US). Asplenium glaucophyllum Alderw., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser.2, 7: 6. 1912; Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya ed. 1, 2: 440, f. 258. 1955 [‘1954’]; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 55. 1968. Description Rhizome short creeping, densely scaly; scales narrow, gradually narrowing from base to long-tailed apex, up to 1.5 cm long, 1 mm broad, entire and distinctly crisped, brown, finely clathrate. Stipes nearly black, glabrous, up to 40 cm long. Laminae bipinnate, elliptic or narrower, narrowing towards acuminate apex, slightly narrow at base, about 60 by 25 cm; rachis dark, glabrous, slightly grooved on upper surface; lateral pinnae more than 10 pairs, with stalks of about 1 cm, ascending, narrowly lanceolate, narrowing towards acuminate apex, truncate at base, up to 13 by 4 cm; costa wingless, grooved, glabrous; pinnules about 8 pairs below indistinctly lobed apical portion, shortly stalked, round to moderately acute at apex, truncate at acroscopic base, dimidiately cuneate at basiscopic base, up to 2.2 by 12 cm, shallowly toothed at margin, papyraceous, glabrous; veins subdichotomously 3 to 5 times forked, visible on both surfaces. Sori 5–7 mm long; indusia thin, pale. Distribution in Thailand PENINSULAR: Narathiwat. Wider Distribution Sri Lanka, S India, E Himalaya (Nepal to Assam) and W Malesia. Ecology Epiphytic or lithophytic . Similar species Asplenium affine Sw. Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment Least Concern (LC). This species is widespread and not under any known threats. 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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Asplenium nitidum Sw.