Family

Lomariopsidaceae

Nomenclature

Lomariopsis lineata (C.Presl) Holttum, Novit. Bot. Inst. Prag. 1968: 9. 1969; Holttum, Fl. Males., Ser. II, Pterid. 1: 262. 1978; Tagawa & K.Iwats., Fl. Thailand 3: 325, f. 27.8–27.11. 1988; Boonkerd & Pollawatn, Pterid. Thailand: 187. 2000. – Olfersia lineata C.Presl, Tent. Pterid.: 235. 1836.

Lomariopsis cochinchinensis Fée, Mém. Foug., 2. Hist. Acrostich.: 66, t. 26. 1845; Holttum, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 9: 266. 1937; Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 428, f. 49, 1–2. 1941; Holttum, Rev. Fl. Malaya ed. 1, 2: 476, f. 279. 1955 [‘1954’]. – Stenochlaena cochinchinensis (Fée) Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33. 46, 1906. 1906

Description

Rhizome creeping, climbing, scaly; scales oblong-lanceolate, brown, up to 10 by 3 mm, entire. Stipes about 20 cm long, densely scaly at base. Laminae oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, up to 60 by 30 cm; pinnae 15–20 pairs, jointed to rachis except for the terminal one, lower ones stalked, lanceolate, up to 20 by 2–4 cm; veins distinct on both surfaces. Fertile pinnae linear, 8–15 cm long, up to 6 mm broad, stalked. Sporangia dispersed on the lower surface except on midrib .

Distribution in Thailand

SOUTH-EASTERN: Prachin Buri; PENINSULAR: Phangnga, Yala.

Distribution in Cambodia

Kampot, Koh Kong

Wider Distribution

Burma, Indochina, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, and New Guinea.

Ecology

Long climber on trees at low altitude, 210–350 m alt.

Similar species

Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd.

Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment

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