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Pyrrosia
Sign in to savePyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos (red), which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia.
Species
Leather-leaf fern
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPolypodiaceae
Phemeranthus es un género de helechos de la familia Polypodiaceae. Se encuentra en África y Sudeste de Asia. Contiene 130 especies descritas de ellas 62 aceptadas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,780
- With media
- 1,658
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Collections
- NY, US, MICH, GH
- Recorded in
- China, Indonesia, Burundi, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar
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Pyrrosia is a genus of about 100 fern species in the polypod family, Polypodiaceae. Like other species in Polypodiaceae, the species of Pyrrosia are generally epiphytic on trees or rocks, a few species are terrestrial. The Latin name of Pyrrosia comes from the Greek pyrrhos (red), which refers to its leaves that are red due to the sporangia.
==Species list== Pyrrosia abbreviata (Zoll. & Mor.) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia adnascens (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia angustata (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia angustissima (Giesenh. ex Diels) Tagawa & K. Iwats. Pyrrosia assimilis (Baker) Ching Pyrrosia asterosora (Baker) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia blepharolepis (C. Chr.) Ching Pyrrosia boothii (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia borneensis (Copel.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia brassii (Copel.) Pic. Serm. Pyrrosia christii (Giesenh.) Ching Pyrrosia confluens (R. Br.) Ching Pyrrosia costata (Wall. ex C. Presl) Tagawa & K. Iwats. Pyrrosia dimorpha X.H. Guo & S.B. Zhou Pyrrosia dispar (H. Christ) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia distichocarpa (Mett.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia drakeana (Franch.) Ching Pyrrosia eleagnifolia (Bory) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia fengiana Ching Pyrrosia flocculosa (D. Don) Ching Pyrrosia foveolata (Alston) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia fuohaiensis Ching & K.H. Shing Pyrrosia gardneri (Mett.) Sledge Pyrrosia hastata (Thunb.) Ching Pyrrosia heterophylla (L.) M.G. Price Pyrrosia intermedia (Goy) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia laevis (J. Sm. ex Bedd.) Ching Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw. Pyrrosia liebuschii (Hieron.) Schelpe Pyrrosia linearifolia (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw. Pyrrosia longifolia (Burm. f.) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia macrocarpa (Copel.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia madagascariensis (C. Chr.) Schelpe Pyrrosia mannii (Giesenh.) Ching Pyrrosia matsudai (Hayata) Tagawa Pyrrosia mechowii Alston Pyrrosia micraster (Copel.) Tagawa Pyrrosia mollis (Kunze) Ching Pyrrosia novo-guineae (H. Christ) M.G. Price Pyrrosia nummulariifolia (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia oblanceolata (C. Chr.) Tardieu Pyrrosia obovata (Blume) Ching Pyrrosia pannosa (Mett. ex Kuhn) Ching Pyrrosia petiolosa (H. Christ) Ching Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G. Price Pyrrosia polydactylos (Hance) Ching Pyrrosia porosa (C. Presl) Hovenkamp Pyrrosia princeps (Mett.) C.V. Morton Pyrrosia pseudodrakeana K.H. Shing Pyrrosia rasamalae (Racib.) K.H. Shing Pyrrosia rhodesiana (C. Chr.) Schelpe Pyrrosia rupestris Ching Pyrrosia samarensis (C. Presl) Ching Pyrrosia scolopendrina Ching Pyrrosia sheareri (Baker) Ching Pyrrosia shennongensis K.H. Shing Pyrrosia similis Ching Pyrrosia sphaerosticha (Mett.) Ching Pyrrosia stigmosa (Sw.) Ching Pyrrosia stolzii (Hieron.) Schelpe Pyrrosia subfurfuracea (Hook.) Ching Pyrrosia transmorrisonensis (Hayata) Ching Pyrrosia tricholepis (Carr. ex Seemann) Ching
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