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16. Dryopteris sect. Variae Fraser-Jenkins, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 14: 196. 1986.

变异鳞毛蕨组 bian yi lin mao jue zu

Authors: Shugang Lu & David S. Barrington

Lamina pentagonal-ovate, usually tripinnate; lowest basiscopic pinnule on lowest pinna markedly longest; pinnule apices caudate and acutely pointed.

About 15 species: confined to Asia; 12 species (four endemic) in China.


1 Stalks of basal pinnae 3-4 cm   (2)
+ Stalks of basal pinnae ca. 1 cm   (4)
       
2 (1) Sori exindusiate.   124 D. dehuaensis
+ Sori indusiate   (3)
       
3 (2) Scales on stipe, rachis, and pinna rachis black; indusium entire.   122 D. sordidipes
+ Scales on stipe, rachis, and pinna rachis brown; indusium ciliate.   123 D. xunwuensis
       
4 (1) Lamina pentagonal, as long as broad, tripinnate, ultimate pinnules pinnatipartite   (5)
+ Lamina deltoid-oblong or ovate, much longer than broad, bipinnate or tripinnate, ultimate pinnules entire or pinnatilobate   (6)
       
5 (4) Scales on stipe light brown; pinnae and pinnules distinctly stalked.   125 D. amurensis
+ Scales on stipe black; pinnae and pinnules subsessile.   126 D. formosana
       
6 (4) Ultimate pinnules or segments ovate; stipe base densely scaly, scales brown, linear-lanceolate.   127 D. yongdeensis
+ Ultimate pinnules or segments lanceolate; stipe base with narrowly lanceolate scales, scales black, brown, or bicolorous   (7)
       
7 (6) Scales on stipe base wholly black.   128 D. pacifica
+ Scales on stipe base brown or bicolorous   (8)
       
8 (7) Scales on stipe base brown, hairlike at apex   (9)
+ Scales on stipe base bicolorous, brown on base and margin, black at center and apex   (10)
       
9 (8) Lamina bipinnate, caudate-acuminate; sori larger, usually in 1 row on either side of pinna rachis.   129 D. immixta
+ Lamina bipinnate to tripinnate, acute; sori smaller, scattered on either side of pinna rachis.   130 D. varia
       
10 (8) Scales on stipe and rachis deflexed.   131 D. saxifraga
+ Scales on stipe and rachis not deflexed, scattered or appressed   (11)
       
11 (10) Rachis and pinna rachis densely covered with bullate scales.   132 D. setosa
+ Bullate scales sparse on rachis and pinna rachis.   133 D. sacrosancta

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