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1. Cladopus nymanii H. Möller, Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg. 16: 115. 1899.

飞瀑草 fei pu cao

Description from Flora of China

Cladopus fukienensis (H. C. Chao) H. C. Chao; Lawiella fukienensis H. C. Chao.

Roots dark green, usually turning reddish, flattened, 1-3 mm wide. Leaves on sterile stems simple or digitate with linear segments, 2-4 mm. Fertile stems 5-6 mm tall; leaves with 3-7(-9) segments, 1-2 × 1-3 mm. Spathella ca. 2 mm, irregularly dehiscent. Tepals linear, ca. 1 mm. Stamen 1 or 2; filament ca. 1.8 mm, basally united when 2; anther elliptic, ca. 1 mm. Ovary obovoid to ± globose, ca. 1.5 mm. Stigma linear, 0.5-0.7 mm. Capsule ± globose, 1.5-2 mm; stipe 1.5-3 mm. Fl. and fr. Sep-Feb.

Swift-running streams and cascades, clinging to rocks; near sea level to 600 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan [Indonesia, S Japan, Thailand].


 

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