线鳞耳蕨系 xian lin er jue xi

Plants medium-sized, evergreen. Stipe greenish when dry. Stipe scales concolorous, linear to linear-lanceolate. Lamina green, broadly lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, papery. Rachis scales linear and tortuous. Pinnules of upper pinnae auriculate. Microscales short-type.

Four species: Sino-Himalayan region; four species (three endemic) in China.

Lower Taxa

• Polystichum discretum (D. Don) J. Smith
• Polystichum oligocarpum Ching ex H. S. Kung & Li Bing Zhang
• Polystichum tangmaiense H. S. Kung & Tateishi
• Polystichum weimingii Li Bing Zhang & H. He