Arthropteris palisotii
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Distribution
Africa: Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Australasia: New South Wales (New South Wales present), Japan present, Pacific present, Tahiti present, West Africa present
Wide paleotropic, from West Africa (Ivory Coast) to the Pacific (Tahiti), north to Japan, south to Australia (New South Wales). Throughout Malesia, but rare in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo (Sabah only) and Sulawesi.
Notes
1. This species is highly variable in size, degree of marginal serration, position of the sori and the development of the frond apex. Fronds may be truncated in their development, resulting in a conform pseudoterminal pinnae as large or larger than the subterminal pinnae. When this occurs directly above the narrowed base, the resulting frond is very distinctly inversely triangular in shape. Such fronds may be normally fertile. When the apex is normally developed, the terminal segment is more or less triangular, and connected to the reduced upper pinnae.
2. Arthropteris palisotii has been widely considered identical to Nephrolepis obliterata R.Br., which is, however, a true Nephrolepis.
3. A slender form with a more delicate lamina, more deeply cut pinnae and medial sori is found throughout the range, and has been identified as A. beckleri or A. repens. Arthropteris beckleri is here considered as separate from, though very close to A. palisotii, from which it is distinguishable mainly by its slender stature and the presence of long hairs on the lamina. It is restricted to Australia.
2. Arthropteris palisotii has been widely considered identical to Nephrolepis obliterata R.Br., which is, however, a true Nephrolepis.
3. A slender form with a more delicate lamina, more deeply cut pinnae and medial sori is found throughout the range, and has been identified as A. beckleri or A. repens. Arthropteris beckleri is here considered as separate from, though very close to A. palisotii, from which it is distinguishable mainly by its slender stature and the presence of long hairs on the lamina. It is restricted to Australia.
Citation
Alderw. 1916: Handb.: 133
Copel. 1905: Polypod. Phil. Isl.: 46
Kunze 1848 – In: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin): 236
Holttum 1966 – In: Blumea: 227
Copel. 1905: Polypod. Phil. Isl.: 46
auct. non (R.Br.) J.Sm.: C.Chr. 1916: Handb.: 133
B.M.Allen 1964 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 20: 381
Alderw. 1908: Handb.: 155
Alderw. 1908: Handb.: 155
S.B.Andrews 1990: Ferns Queensland: 245
G.H.Bell 1998 – In: Fl. Australia: 448
Alderw. 1917: Handb.: 134
Backer & Posth. 1939: Varenfl. Jav.: 88
C.Presl 1851: Epimel. Bot.: 44
Copel. 1960: Fern Fl. Philipp.: 190
Copel. 1958 – In: Fern Fl. Philipp.: 190
Holttum 1966 – In: Blumea: 226