Diplazium

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Woodsiaceae > Diplazium

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Species:    D australe

Plant  information

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Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• From the Greek diplasios (double), a reference to the paired sori in these ferns

Spores:                            

• The indusium is linear and persistent

• The sporangia are brownish

Leaves:         

• Its fronds are deciduous or evergreen, are trophopodic and are either monomorphic or weakly dimorphic

• The stipe is green, deeply grooved from above, and is either scaly or glabrous

• It always has two lunate vascular bundles

• The blades are either singular or in sets of two and are entirely pinnate, range from oblong-lanceolate to deltate, and from herbaceous to papery

• It has linear basal sori that are paired back-to-back on the same vein

Stem & branches: 

• The rhizome of the genus Diplazium varies from creeping to erect, and is scaly

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Distribution:                  

• Their distribution is pan-tropical, with a few species extending into temperate areas

Species:                     

• World:           ~ 400

• Australia:            10  ?

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Diplazium is in the family Athyriaceae in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplazium (2023)