鳞果星蕨 lin guo xing jue

Polypodium buergerianum Miquel, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 170. 1867; Lepidomicrosorium asarifolium Ching & K. H. Shing; L. brevipes Ching & K. H. Shing; L. emeicola Ching & K. H. Shing; L. hederaceum (Christ) Ching; L. lanceolatum Ching & P. S. Wang; L. latibasis Ching & K. H. Shing; L. microsorioides (W. M. Chu) Ching & W. M. Chu; L. subhastatum (Baker) Ching; L. subsessile Ching & K. H. Shing; L. suijiangense Ching & W. M. Chu; L. yiliangense Ching & K. H. Shing; Leptochilus buergerianus (Miquel) Bosman; Microsorum buergerianum (Miquel) Ching; M. buergerianum f. laciniatum Ching; M. buergerianum var. ohwianum (Tagawa) Tagawa; M. ohwianum Tagawa; M. subhastatum (Baker) Ching; M. subhastatum var. longifrons (Takeda) Ching; Neocheiropteris subhastata (Baker) Tagawa; Neolepisorus microsorioides W. M. Chu; Polypodium buergerianum var. stipitatum Takeda, nom. illeg. superfl.; P. hederaceum Christ; P. subhastatum Baker; P. subhastatum var. hederaceum (Christ) Takeda; P. subhastatum var. longifrons Takeda; P. superficiale Blume var. chinense Rosenstock.

Rhizome long creeping and climbing, 1.5-2.5 mm in diam., with circumvascular sheaths only in cortex; scales brown or dark brown, lanceolate, 1.5-4.5 × 0.5-1 mm, margin denticulate. Fronds distant, subsessile or with stipe up to 9 cm and stramineous; fronds polymorphic: fronds on ground or lower part of rhizome like leaves of Hedera, base cordate and auriculate, or truncate, or cuneate; fronds on upper parts of rhizome lanceolate, base rounded or decurrent; lamina 10-20 cm, 1.5-5 cm wide at lower part, texture thickly papery, green, venation obscure, beneath with small scales on midribs; midribs prominent on both surfaces. Sori superficial, orbicular or in part elongate, occasionally in part confluent, 1-1.5 mm in diam., or length 2-2.5 mm, scattered on adaxial surface of fertile leaves; paraphyses uniseriate, (3 or)4- or 5-celled or in part peltate (especially in young sori).

Forests, terrestrial, climbing on rocks or tree trunks; 400-2000 m. Chongqing, Gansu, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, N Vietnam].