Hymenasplenium obscurum (Blume) Tagawa
  • Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 7: 83 (1938) 


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2025): Hymenasplenium obscurum (Blume) Tagawa. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001127242. Accessed on: 04 Jun 2025'

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Plants 20-40 cm tall. Rhizome long creeping, 3-4.5 mm in diam., apex scaly; scales dark brown, narrowly triangular to triangular. Fronds remote, up to 10 mm apart, grayish green when dry, papery to herbaceous, subglabrous; stipe dull green to grayish green when dry, not shiny or purple, 20(-25) cm, sparsely scaly to subglabrous; lamina 1-pinnate, narrowly ovate-triangular, 20-30 × 5-10 cm, base truncate, apex acuminate to caudate; rachis grayish green, subglabrous; pinnae 20-30 pairs, sessile to obscurely stalked, trapeziform-falcate, middle pinnae 3.5-7 × 0.8-1.3 cm, dimidiate, apex obtuse to subacute, base asymmetrical, acroscopic side truncate and parallel to rachis, basiscopic side of basal pinnae excavate, in middle pinnae narrowly cuneate and entire, acroscopic margin serrate to crenate, teeth not retuse, pinnae spreading to ascending. Veins distinct, forking and free, ending below a marginal tooth, basiscopic side with (3 or)4(or 5) veins lacking. Sori medial, linear, 3-5 mm; indusia persistent, pale brown, semi-elliptic to linear, membranous, entire, opening toward costa.

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    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Plants 20-40 cm tall. Rhizome long creeping, 3-4.5 mm in diam., apex scaly; scales dark brown, narrowly triangular to triangular. Fronds remote, up to 10 mm apart, grayish green when dry, papery to herbaceous, subglabrous; stipe dull green to grayish green when dry, not shiny or purple, 20(-25) cm, sparsely scaly to subglabrous; lamina 1-pinnate, narrowly ovate-triangular, 20-30 × 5-10 cm, base truncate, apex acuminate to caudate; rachis grayish green, subglabrous; pinnae 20-30 pairs, sessile to obscurely stalked, trapeziform-falcate, middle pinnae 3.5-7 × 0.8-1.3 cm, dimidiate, apex obtuse to subacute, base asymmetrical, acroscopic side truncate and parallel to rachis, basiscopic side of basal pinnae excavate, in middle pinnae narrowly cuneate and entire, acroscopic margin serrate to crenate, teeth not retuse, pinnae spreading to ascending. Veins distinct, forking and free, ending below a marginal tooth, basiscopic side with (3 or)4(or 5) veins lacking. Sori medial, linear, 3-5 mm; indusia persistent, pale brown, semi-elliptic to linear, membranous, entire, opening toward costa.

    Distribution Map

     
    • Native distribution
    Found in
    • Africa East Tropical Africa Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa Malawi
    • Mozambique
    • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa Northern Provinces
    • Western Indian Ocean Madagascar
    • Asia-Temperate China China South-Central
    • China Southeast
    • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia Taiwan
    • Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam
    • East Himalaya
    • India
    • Nepal
    • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China Myanmar
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Malesia Borneo
    • Jawa
    • Lesser Sunda Is.
    • Malaya
    • Maluku
    • Sulawesi
    • Sumatera
    • Papuasia New Guinea

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