Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia

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Family

Dennstaedtiaceae

Nomenclature

Monachosorum henryi Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 869. 1898; Mitsuta, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 36: 148. 1985.

Description

Description adapted from Shieh, Fl. Taiwan, ed. 2, 1: 164. 1994.
Rhizome short, ascending, bearing a tuft of fronds. Stipes 25–50 cm long, greenish, with minute glandular hairs; lamina up to 50 cm long, long-ovate, tri- to quadripinnate, thinly herbaceous; ultimate pinnules elliptic, acute at apex, often bearing axillary buds on the upper side of the rachis; veins free. Sori terminal or nearly so on veinlets, small, round, exindusiate .

Distribution in Thailand

NORTH-EASTERN: Loei.

Wider Distribution

Himalayas to Taiwan, S China & Indochina.

Ecology

On rocky ground in dense humid forest.

Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment

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

	Ferns of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia
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Monachosorum henryi Christ 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 Dennstaedtiaceae Nomenclature Monachosorum henryi Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 869. 1898; Mitsuta, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 36: 148. 1985. Description Description adapted from Shieh, Fl. Taiwan, ed. 2, 1: 164. 1994. Rhizome short, ascending, bearing a tuft of fronds. Stipes 25–50 cm long, greenish, with minute glandular hairs; lamina up to 50 cm long, long-ovate, tri- to quadripinnate, thinly herbaceous; ultimate pinnules elliptic, acute at apex, often bearing axillary buds on the upper side of the rachis; veins free. Sori terminal or nearly so on veinlets, small, round, exindusiate . Distribution in Thailand NORTH-EASTERN: Loei. Wider Distribution Himalayas to Taiwan, S China & Indochina. Ecology On rocky ground in dense humid forest. Proposed IUCN Conservation Assessment Least Concern (LC). This species is widespread outside of Thailand and not under any known threat. 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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