Lepisorus nudus

Lepisorus nudus

Lepisorus nudus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Polypodiaceae
Subfamilia: Microsoroideae
Genus: Lepisorus
Species: Lepisorus nudus

Name

Lepisorus nudus (Hook.) Ching in Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 4: 83 (1933)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Phymatodes nuda (Hook.) J.Sm. in B.Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald: 425 (1857)
  • Drynaria nuda (Hook.) Fée in Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 270 (1852)
  • Drynaria sesquipedalis J.Sm. in Bot. Mag. 72(Companion): 13 (1846), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Lepisorus sequipedalis (Wall. ex Mett.) Fraser-Jenk. in Pakistan Syst. 5: 91 (1992), nom. superfl.
  • Niphobolus sesquipedalis (Wall. ex Mett.) Keyserl. in Polyp. Herb. Bunge: 39 (1873), nom. superfl.
  • Pleopeltis nuda Hook. in Exot. Fl. 1: t. 63 (1823)
  • Polypodium nudum (Hook.) Kunze in Linnaea 23: 281 (1850), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Polypodium sesquipedale Wall. ex Mett. in Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges. 2: 91 (1856)
  • Polypodium wightianum Thwaites in Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 394 (1864), nom. illeg. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Drynaria zeylanica Fée in Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 272 (1852)
  • Lepisorus amaurolepidus var. longifolius Bir & Trikha in Amer. Fern J. 64: 63 (1974)
  • Lepisorus gyirongensis Ching & S.K.Wu in Fl. Xizang. 1: 304 (1983)
  • Lepisorus intermedius Ching & Khullar in Illustr. Fern Fl. W. Himalaya 1: 93 (1994)
  • Lepisorus leiopteris (Kunze) Bir & Trikha in Amer. Fern J. 64: 54 (1974)
  • Lepisorus tenuipes Ching & Khullar in Indian Fern J. 1: 91 (1985)
  • Pleopeltis leiopteris (Kunze) S.Singh & Panigrahi in J. Hill Res. 3: 18 (1990)
  • Pleopeltis linearis var. leiopteris (Kunze) C.Chr. in Index Filic.: 540 (1906)
  • Pleopeltis tenuipes (Ching & Khullar) Panigrahi in Pl. Sci. Res. (India) 20: 22 (1998)
  • Pleopeltis tenuipes (Ching & Khullar) Panigrahi in Pl. Sci. Res. (India) 20: 22 (1999)
  • Polypodium leiopteris Kunze in Linnaea 23: 279, 319 (1850)
  • Polypodium lineare var. wightianum C.Chr. in Index Filic.: 540 (1906)
  • Polypodium nudiusculum Kunze in Linnaea 24: 253 (1851)
  • Polypodium sesquipedale f. leiopteris (Kunze) Makino in Phan. Pter. Jap. Icon. 1: t. 8 (1899)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continentalː Asia-temperate Regionalː Indian subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya Regionalː Eastern Asia Japan Continentalː Asia-tropical Regionalː China China South-Central Regionalː Southeastern Asia Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ching, R.-C. & Liu, Z.-Y. 1983. 四川南川金佛山蕨类植物新种 [New ferns of Jinfoshan, Nanchuan, Sichuan]. Bulletin of Botanical Research 3(4): 1–37. PDF Reference page. , 83

Additional references

• Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2021). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 3: 1-450. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Lepisorus nudus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 September 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Lepisorus nudus. Published online. Accessed: September 08 2026. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• 中文: 裸叶瓦韦

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