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1. Lygodium Swartz, J. Bot. (Schrader). 1800(2): 7, 106. 1801.

海金沙属 hai jin sha shu

Cteisium Michaux; Gisopteris Bernhardi; Hydroglossum Willdenow; Lygodictyon J. Smith ex Hooker; Odontopteris Bernhardi; Ramondia Mirbel (1801), not Ramonda Richard (1805, nom. cons.); Ugena Cavanilles; Vallifilix Thouars.

Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.


1 Pinnae simple or pseudodichotomously branched; pinnules palmately lobed, not articulate   (2)
+ Pinnae 1- or 2-pinnate; pinnules simple, pinnately or irregularly lobed, articulate or not   (4)
       
2 (1) Veins anastomosing.   1 L. merrillii
+ Veins free   (3)
       
3 (2) Margin of pinnae entire, cartilaginous.   2 L. circinnatum
+ Margin of pinnae serrulate, not cartilaginous.   3 L. longifolium
       
4 (1) Pinnules not articulate to rachis   (5)
+ Pinnules articulate at base or at base of stalks   (6)
       
5 (4) Fertile pinnae and sterile pinnae monomorphic; pinnules 1-3 cm wide.   4 L. flexuosum
+ Fertile pinnae and sterile pinnae subdimorphic; pinnules 4-6 mm wide.   5 L. japonicum
       
6 (4) Pinnules articulate at base of stalks; pinnae similar to L. flexuosum.   6 L. yunnanense
+ Pinnules articulate at base (articulation at top of stalks)   (7)
       
7 (6) Pinnules small, often deltoid, obtuse at apex, 1.5-3 cm or rarely longer, herbaceous; rachis slender.   7 L. microphyllum
+ Pinnules broadly lanceolate, 8-12 cm or more, papery; rachis robust   (8)
       
8 (7) Pinnae regularly 1-pinnate; rachis with dense brown long hairs; pinnules 9-13 pairs, truncate at base, not dilated.   8 L. polystachyum
+ Pinnae irregularly 1- or 2-pinnate; rachis glabrous; pinnules often 3-5 pairs, often cordate at base.   9 L. salicifolium

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