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Sori (coenosori) longitudinally elongated |
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All sori orbicular or only slightly elongated |
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Fronds strongly dimorphic: sterile fronds distinctly wider, 1-7 ?1-2 cm, fertile fronds 4-16 ?0.3-1.5 cm, sori superficial. |
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31 P. piloselloides |
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All fronds linear, 3-9 cm ?1.5-3.5 mm, thickly fleshy, fertile fronds almost orbicular in cross section with sori deeply embedded in a groove in lamina. |
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32 P. angustissima |
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Rhizome scales basifixed, base cordate, rhizome tissue uniformly sclerified, without distinct sclerified strands; sori with few (ca. 10) sporangia |
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Rhizome scales pseudopeltate or peltate, rhizome tissue centrally parenchymatous, with or without sclerified strands; sori with more than 10 sporangia |
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4 (3) |
Lamina narrowly elliptic, widest at middle, base cuneate. |
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1 P. stigmosa |
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Lamina obovate to oblanceolate, widest above middle, base gradually decurrent. |
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2 P. costata |
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5 (3) |
Sori in a single row between midrib and margin. |
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3 P. linearifolia |
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Sori in several rows between midrib and margin |
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6 (5) |
Sori in distinct pits, with central bundle of stellate paraphyses |
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Sori superficial, without central bundle of paraphyses |
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7 (6) |
Rhizome scales broadly lanceolate, margins entire; lamina strap-shaped, up to 60 cm. |
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4 P. longifolia |
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Rhizome scales linear-lanceolate, margins ciliate; lamina linear-lanceolate, 1-25 cm (P. lanceolata s.l.) |
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8 (7) |
Fronds distinctly dimorphic: sterile fronds: stipe up to 1-1.5 cm, lamina 1-6 ?0.8-2 cm; fertile fronds subsessile, lamina 8-25 ?0.5-0.8 cm. |
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5 P. adnascens |
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Fronds monomorphic or subdimorphic |
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9 (8) |
Lamina subglabrous, with sparse indument, abaxial surface green. |
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6 P. nuda |
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Lamina with thick and persistent indument, abaxial surface gray. |
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7 P. lanceolata |
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10 (6) |
Indument loose, with narrow stellate rays; fronds strongly dimorphic: sterile lamina 1.5-2 ?1.2-1.5 cm, base cordate to rounded or occasionally cuneate; fertile lamina 5-7 ?0.3-1.1 cm, base cuneate to gradually attenuate. |
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8 P. nummulariifolia |
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Indument appressed with hairs with wide stellate rays; fronds not or only weakly dimorphic |
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11 (10) |
Fronds sessile or only shortly and usually indistinctly stipitate, lamina base gradually decurrent |
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(12) |
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Fronds distinctly stipitate, lamina base cuneate or truncate |
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12 (11) |
Indument of sterile parts with only one type of stellate hair, these with rays always very unequal in length, lamina linear-lanceolate. |
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25 P. assimilis |
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Indument of sterile parts dimorphic, with curled and straight rays, latter mostly uniform in length |
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13 (12) |
Rhizome scales pseudopeltate, 5-7.4 mm, margins entire to dentate. |
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26 P. mannii |
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Rhizome scales peltate, 2-5 mm, margins ciliate (P. porosa s.l.) |
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14 (13) |
Fronds very long, narrow, lamina margins revolute over sori; sori ?scattered, sporangia sessile or subsessile. |
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27 P. stenophylla |
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Fronds wider or shorter, lamina margins involute, exposing sori; sori densely packed, sporangia stalks 0.5-1 ?as long as capsule (P. porosa s.l.) |
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15 (14) |
Indument monomorphic; rhizome scales 2-3 mm. |
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29 P. davidii |
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Indument dimorphic; rhizome scales 3.5-7 mm |
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16 (15) |
Fronds 0.5-1 cm wide, indument on abaxial surface appressed. |
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28 P. tonkinensis |
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Fronds (0.7-)1.2-3.6 cm wide, indument on abaxial surface not appressed. |
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30 P. porosa |
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17 (11) |
Rhizome long creeping; fronds distant |
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Rhizome shortly creeping; fronds close together |
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18 (17) |
Rhizome filiform, less than 1 mm in diam.; fronds slightly falcate; rays of stellate hairs of superficial layer deep brown and unequal in length, usually each with one long acicular ray directed away from lamina. |
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9 P. laevis |
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Rhizome 1-4 mm in diam.; fronds not falcate; rays of stellate hairs of superficial layer whitish to grayish brown or brown, appressed |
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19 (18) |
Indumentum with an upper layer of stellate hairs with boat-shaped rays and a lower layer of hairs with woolly rays |
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(20) |
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Indumentum with a single layer of stellate hairs with boat-shaped rays |
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20 (19) |
Sterile lamina 4-6 cm wide, apex caudate. |
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10 P. heteractis |
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Sterile lamina 2-3 cm wide, apex obtuse or rounded. |
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11 P. eberhardtii |
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21 (19) |
Stellate hairs in two sizes, some much larger than others; margins of rhizome scales entire, glabrous. |
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12 P. ensata |
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Stellate hairs all similar in size; margins of rhizome scales ciliate |
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22 (21) |
Lamina (1.5-)3-6(-10.5) cm, lateral veinlets indistinct, hydathodes deeply sunken. |
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13 P. petiolosa |
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Lamina (5-)10-20 cm; lateral veins distinct, hydathodes superficial or slightly sunken. |
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14 P. lingua |
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23 (17) |
Lamina deeply hastately or pedately lobed; rhizome scales peltate |
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(24) |
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Lamina simple or at most with a few short lobes at base; rhizome scales pseudopeltate |
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24 (23) |
Lamina hastately 3-5-lobed. |
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15 P. hastata |
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Lamina pedately 6-8-lobed. |
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16 P. polydactylos |
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25 (23) |
Rhizome scales with acumen entire and glabrous. |
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17 P. flocculosa |
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Rhizome scales with acumen dentate or ciliate |
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26 (25) |
Indument dense, persistent; lamina base asymmetrical to strongly asymmetrical, truncate |
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(27) |
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Indument thin, often not persistent; lamina base equal or slightly unequal, cuneate (P. subfurfuracea s.l.) |
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27 (26) |
Indument with monomorphic, wide, flat rays, lamina base strongly asymmetrical |
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18 P. sheareri |
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Indument with dimorphic rays, straight ones narrow; lamina base slightly asymmetrical. |
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19 P. drakeana |
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28 (26) |
Indument brown, persistent, thicker than below, upper layer to 2 mm in diam.. |
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20 P. boothii |
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Indument grayish, fugacious or persistent, upper layer to 1.3 mm in diam |
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29 (28) |
Lamina base cuneate or truncate, stipe distinct, (4-)15-31 cm |
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(30) |
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Lamina base very gradually narrowed, stipe indistinctly set off from lamina, less than 15 cm |
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30 (29) |
Rhizome scales 6.5-11 ?0.7-1.3 mm. |
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21 P. bonii |
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Rhizome scales ca. 2 ?1 mm. |
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22 P. similis |
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31 (29) |
Indument persistent, dense in mature fronds, lamina 6.5-11 cm wide; rhizome scale acumen entire, glabrous. |
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23 P. subfurfuracea |
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Indument fugacious, sparse or absent in mature fronds, lamina 2-5 cm wide; rhizome scale acumen ciliate. |
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24 P. calvata |