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Lamina with dense articulate hairs in addition to regular scales. |
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161 P. articulatipilosum |
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Lamina with only scales |
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Veins clavate and unusually swollen at ends |
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(3) |
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Veins linear and not swollen at ends |
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3 (2) |
Fronds 7-12 cm; pinnae up 15 pairs. |
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162 P. liboense |
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Fronds up to 35 cm; pinnae up to 35 or more pairs |
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4 (3) |
Pinnae undulate or shallowly toothed; all veins robust and obviously raised. |
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163 P. crassinervium |
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Pinnae irregularly toothed and often shortly spinulose at tips of teeth; veins raised more obviously at ends |
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5 (4) |
Pinnae acute at apex; most pinnae spreading or ascending. |
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164 P. ichangense |
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Pinnae rounded at apex; most pinnae deflexed. |
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165 P. wulingshanense |
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6 (2) |
Pinnae entire or repand (without spinules) on margin |
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(7) |
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Pinnae ?toothed and spinulose at least on upper part of margin |
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7 (6) |
Ratio of length to width of pinnae larger than 2.5; sori close to pinna margins |
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(8) |
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Ratio of length to width of pinnae smaller than 2; sori close to pinna margins or midrib or located between them |
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8 (7) |
Ratio of length to width of pinnae ca. 3; pinnae acuminate or acute at apex. |
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166 P. peishanii |
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Ratio of length to width of pinnae 2.5-3; pinnae rounded at apex |
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9 (8) |
Ratio of length to width of pinnae 2.5-2.7; whole lamina fertile; sori above midrib of middle pinnae fewer than 4. |
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167 P. hainanicola |
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Ratio of length to width of pinnae ca. 3; lower part of lamina sterile; sori above midrib of middle pinnae 6-11. |
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168 P. guangxiense |
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10 (7) |
Fronds appressed to substrate or slightly ascending; pinnae dark green, entire, leathery. |
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169 P. dangii |
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Fronds slightly or obviously ascending; pinnae green, repand, papery |
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(11) |
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11 (10) |
Pinnae subsessile; sori closer to midrib than to pinna margin. |
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170 P. fengshanense |
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Pinnae stalked; sori closer to pinna margin than to midrib |
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(12) |
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12 (11) |
Plants 1.6-4.1 cm tall; pinnae 6-8 pairs, middle pinnae 2.9-5.8 ?2.8-4.5 mm; lateral veins 2 or 3 pairs from midrib per pinna. |
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171 P. minutissimum |
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Plants 4-10 cm tall; pinnae 6-20 pairs, middle pinnae 3.7-7 ?2.5-6 mm; lateral veins (3 or)4-6 pairs from midrib per pinna |
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(13) |
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13 (12) |
Lamina of larger plants bipinnatifid to bipinnatipartite; pinnae of larger plants with free lobes. |
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172 P. leveillei |
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Lamina never bipinnatifid to bipinnatipartite; pinnae never with free lobes |
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14 (13) |
Rachis scale 0.70-1.41 mm, 0.10-0.25 mm wide at base; pinnae acute at apex. |
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173 P. oblanceolatum |
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Rachis scale 1.6-4 mm, 0.3-1 mm wide at base; pinnae rounded at apex |
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15 (14) |
Broadest part of lamina well above midpoint; rachis scales 0.4-1 mm wide at base; basiscopic base of pinnae and rachis often forming a 20?60?angle; pinnae thickly papery, deltoid-ovate, approximate and often overlapping; acroscopic base rounded; microscales broad-type. |
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174 P. speluncicola |
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Broadest part of lamina near midpoint; rachis scales 0.3-0.6 mm wide at base; basiscopic base of pinnae and rachis often forming a 75?120?angle; pinnae papery, oblong, normally not overlapping; acroscopic base auriculate; microscales narrow-type. |
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175 P. cavernicola |
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16 (6) |
Pinnae deltoid, those of lower part of lamina nearly equilateral-triangular; pinnae with 8-12 coarse and spinulose teeth. |
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176 P. subdeltodon |
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Pinnae various shapes but not deltoid, with or without teeth |
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17 (16) |
Pinnae rounded, rounded-truncate or truncate at apex (with or without mucro) |
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(18) |
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Pinnae acuminate or acute (P. daguanense, P. huashanicola) at apex |
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(24) |
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18 (17) |
Pinnae aristate-spinulose on margin, truncate at apex |
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(19) |
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Pinnae shallowly toothed or subentire but not aristate-spinulose on margin, rounded or rounded-truncate at apex |
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(21) |
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19 (18) |
Pinnae thinly papery, acroscopic margins serrate and spinulose but not aristate-spinulose, basiscopic margins entire. |
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181 P. jinfoshanense |
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Pinnae leathery or nearly leathery, both acroscopic margins and upper portion of basiscopic margins or only acroscopic margins toothed and aristate-spinulose |
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(20) |
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20 (19) |
Pinnae nearly leathery, dull adaxially, green; rachis scales lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, acuminate. |
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182 P. liui |
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Pinnae leathery, shiny adaxially, dark green; rachis scales ovate, caudate. |
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183 P. lanceolatum |
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21 (18) |
Lamina shorter than 12 cm, thinly papery; scales long fimbriate on margin |
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177 P. oblongum |
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Lamina often longer than 20 cm, papery or nearly leathery; scales sparsely toothed, ciliate or entire on margin |
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22 (21) |
Stipe scales ovate-lanceolate, dark brown, ciliate on margin; scales marginate (central cells narrow and straight while cells of margin irregularly curved). |
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178 P. kwangtungense |
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Stipe scales lanceolate, dark brown to castaneous, entire or sparsely toothed on margin; scales conform (middle and marginal cells similar in shape) |
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(23) |
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23 (22) |
Auricles deltoid, well developed; only upper pinnae of lamina fertile. |
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179 P. dielsii |
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Auricles rounded, less well developed; most pinnae of lamina fertile. |
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180 P. pseudodeltodon |
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24 (17) |
Nearly all pinnae obviously ascending; lamina with more than 20 pairs of pinnae |
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(25) |
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Most pinnae spreading or reflexed, only upper pinnae of lamina ascending; lamina with more or fewer than 20 pairs of pinnae |
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25 (24) |
Pinnae acuminate; auricles narrowly deltoid, entire; nearly all pinnae fertile and sori located above midrib. |
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184 P. assurgentipinnum |
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Pinnae acute; auricles deltoid or nearly deltoid, with 1-3 teeth; only upper pinnae of lamina fertile and sori located above and mostly also below midrib. |
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185 P. submarginale |
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26 (24) |
Most pinnae ?reflexed |
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(27) |
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Most pinnae spreading or ascending |
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27 (26) |
Pinnae mostly falcate-oblong and bases as broad as upper portions of pinnae, acroscopic margins and distal basiscopic margins with regular open teeth. |
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186 P. houchangense |
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Pinnae oblong or ?falcate-oblong and obviously with broader bases |
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28 (27) |
Pinnae falcate-oblong to oblong, crenate to repand. |
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187 P. deflexum |
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Pinnae oblong, sharply serrate |
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(29) |
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29 (28) |
Stipe scales marginate (central cells narrowly rectangular while cells of margin irregularly curved); acroscopic margins and distal basiscopic margins of pinnae with regular shortly spinulose teeth. |
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188 P. consimile |
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Stipe scales conform; acroscopic margins and distal basiscopic margins of pinnae irregularly with shallow teeth, sometimes with shortly spinulose teeth. |
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189 P. yuanum |
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30 (26) |
Ratio of length to width of pinnae lower than 2:1 |
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(31) |
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Ratio of length to width of pinnae ca. 3:1 or higher |
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(39) |
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31 (30) |
Pinna margins spinulose |
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(32) |
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Pinna margins not spinulose, or if spinulose then pinnae rhombic-ovate |
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(35) |
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32 (31) |
Fronds smaller than 20 ?1.8 cm; pinnae ovate or ovate-oblong, smaller than 1 ?0.6 cm, symmetrical or asymmetrical at base |
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(33) |
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Fronds larger than 25 ?2 cm; pinnae oblong or shortly falcate, middle pinnae larger than 1.5 ?0.7 cm, obviously asymmetrical at base |
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(34) |
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33 (32) |
Lamina 7-13 ?1-2 cm at middle; rachis scales lanceolate; pinnae shallowly toothed, weakly symmetrical at base. |
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190 P. muscicola |
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Lamina 2-6 ?0.85-1.25 cm at middle; rachis scales deltoid-ovate or ovate-lanceolate; pinnae serrate, strongly asymmetrical at base. |
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191 P. perpusillum |
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34 (32) |
Pinnae oblong, mostly rounded or acute. |
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192 P. rupicola |
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Pinnae falcate, falcate-oblong, oblong, or rarely nearly deltoid, usually acute |
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193 P. deltodon |
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35 (31) |
Basiscopic margins of pinnae attached at 30?90?angles to rachis |
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(36) |
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Basiscopic margins attached at 90?110?angles to rachis; pinnae green or yellowish green, papery |
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(37) |
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36 (35) |
Pinnae dark green, thickly papery, acuminate; sori approximate when mature |
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194 P. puteicola |
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Pinnae green, papery, mostly acute; sori separate from each other when mature |
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195 P. nanchurnicum |
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37 (35) |
Pinnae ovate, rhombic-ovate, or rarely oblong, 7-15 pairs; sori between midrib and pinna margin. |
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196 P. obliquum |
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Pinnae oblong or falcate-deltoid, 16-40 pairs; sori between midrib and pinna margin or close to pinna margin |
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(38) |
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38 (37) |
Sori close to pinna margin; pinnae up to 40 pairs. |
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197 P. mengziense |
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Sori between midrib and pinna margin or slightly closer to pinna margin; pinnae fewer than 20 pairs. |
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198 P. paradeltodon |
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39 (30) |
Lamina linear-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, often narrower than 3 cm; pinnae shorter than 1.7 cm, narrower than 5 mm |
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(40) |
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Lamina lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, 3-12 cm wide; at least some pinnae up to 2 cm, broader than 7 mm |
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40 (39) |
Lamina linear-lanceolate, slightly contracted toward lamina base; pinnae 40-100 pairs, narrowly deltoid or oblong-lanceolate, repand or bluntly toothed. |
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199 P. subacutidens |
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Lamina linear-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, contracted or not contracted toward lamina base; pinnae 20-70 pairs, falcate-lanceolate or oblong, aristate-spinulose |
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41 (40) |
Lamina narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, up to 52 cm, strongly contracted from lamina middle toward lamina base; pinnae 30-70 pairs, mostly falcate-lanceolate, shallowly toothed; auricles well developed, deltoid; sori exindusiate. |
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200 P. gymnocarpium |
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Lamina linear-lanceolate, up to 27 cm, slightly contracted toward lamina base; pinnae 20-40 pairs, often nearly rectangular, serrate; auricles weakly developed, rounded or deltoid; sori indusiate |
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(42) |
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42 (41) |
Pinnae up to 40 pairs, ascendant; only ca. 1/3 of basiscopic margin of pinnae serrate; teeth on acroscopic margins 11-13; teeth on basiscopic margins 3; teeth on pinna margins forward-pointing or incurved; sori large, approximate or nearly so when mature. |
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201 P. daguanense |
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Pinnae up to 30 pairs, attached at right angles to rachis or reflexed; ca. half of basiscopic margin of pinnae serrate; teeth on acroscopic margins 7-9; teeth on basiscopic margins 4; teeth on pinna margins slightly open; sori small, obviously approximate when mature. |
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202 P. huashanicola |
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43 (39) |
Pinnae deltoid-lanceolate; basiscopic margins of pinnae substraight; pinnae with coarse teeth. |
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203 P. pseudoacutidens |
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Pinnae falcate-lanceolate or nearly so; basiscopic margins of pinnae obviously curved; pinnae with shallow or coarse teeth |
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44 (43) |
Basiscopic margins of pinnae repand or bluntly and shallowly toothed but not spinulose |
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(45) |
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Basiscopic margins of pinnae toothed and spinulose |
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45 (44) |
Stipe scales with conform cells; auricles well developed, deltoid; veins strongly raised abaxially; sori close to pinna margins. |
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204 P. elevatovenusum |
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Stipe scales marginate (central cells narrow and long while cells of margin irregularly curved); auricles less well developed, often rounded and with a mucro; veins only slightly raised abaxially; sori between pinna margin and midrib. |
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205 P. excellens |
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46 (44) |
Proximal margins of pinnae overlapping rachis; pinnae with coarse teeth; sori closer to pinna margins. |
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206 P. nayongense |
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Proximal margins of pinnae parallel and not overlapping rachis; pinnae with shallow teeth on margin; sori medial or closer to pinna margins |
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47 (46) |
Teeth of pinna margins ?incurved or forward-pointing; sori marginal or medial. |
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207 P. acutidens |
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Teeth of pinna margins upward-pointing; sori medial. |
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208 P. longissimum |