Notholaena leonina Maxon
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Authority
Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.
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Family
Pteridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Rhizomes compact, horizontal, 1-2 mm diam.; rhizome scales linear, ca. 3 mm long, bicolorous, the center dark reddish brown to black with age, margins tan, lustrous, entire, but with glandular hairs when young; fronds 5-14 cm long, clumped; stipes 1/2 the frond length, atropurpureous, terete (rachises grooved), with scattered to sparse, lance-deltate scales 1.5-2.5 mm long and scattered farina; blades bipinnate, tripinnate at base, narrowly deltate, 2-2.5 cm wide; pinnae 4-7 pairs, equilateral; segments oblong, entire, subcoriaceous; abaxial surfaces with dense farina, white to pale yellow with age; laminar margins curved; spores black.