Lygodium

FLORA OF NORTH EAST KEPALA
BURUNG, IRIAN JAYA, INDONESIA (6E)
Schizaeaceae
Lygodium
Manokwari Province
Road from Manokwari to Ransiki.
Disturbed forest along roadsides.
0 - 50m.
Creeper to 4 - 5 m high. Apical regions fertile, lower parts
sterile. Sterile fronds paired on stems. Each frond with a long
stipe to 10 cm long, then pinnately divided with each stipe short,
to 2 cm, divided at its apex into 2 sets of 3 large pinnae. Pinnae
joined at base, to 35 x 3 cm. Stipe of secondary sterile pinnae
fully winged. Wing continuous to upper 1/3 of main stipe. Fertile
pinnae. Stipe to 6.5 cm, pinnately divided with 2 short stipes to
c. 2 cm long. These again divided but fertile lobes, very
unequally developed. Fertile pinnae to 22 x 0.8 - 0.9 cm. Veins
free. Each vein divided at costa and leading to a fertile sorus.
Sorus immature, green, with 6 distinct sections.
30.3.1994
Johns R.J. 7815
With: Soetjipto Muljano, Markus Jitmau, Maklon Warpur and
Mathias Sagisolo.
Herbaria:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Herbarium Bogoriense _Manokwar
Herbarium - with assistance from the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation.
Please send new determinations to Irian Jaya Coordinator, RBG
Kew, TW9 3AE, UK.
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