| English Name | Siamense Selenodesmium |
|---|---|
| Status in China | Least Concern (LC) |
Description:
Perennial herbs. Rhizome short, creeping to erect, glabrous, with many stout roots. Leaves tufted; stipes 3-10 cm long, glabrous, narrowly winged near apex; lamina oblong-ovate to triangular, generally 10-12 cm long, bi- or tripinnate; pinnae 3-5 pairs, oblong-ovate, sessile; rachis narrowly winged; pinnules pinnately dissected, segments linear. Sori borne on the basal segments of the pinnules, indusium cylindrical, mouth hardly dilated and lobed; receptacle protruding, curved, dark brown.
Distribution:
Hong Kong Island, Tai Mo Shan, Tai Po Kau, Sham Chung. Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi; Vietnam and Thailand.
Habitat and Ecology:
In valleys, especially on wet places with dripping water.
It is a rare species of value in scientific research. In Hong Kong, some localities of its occurrence are in Country Parks under protection.
References:
秦仁昌，1959。 中國植物誌2: 104。科學出版社，北京。
