Cupaniopsis phanerophlebia (Cupaniopsis phanerophlebia)
Description
Plants terrestrial, less commonly on rock. Stems short-creeping to erect, stolons absent. Leaves monomorphic, evergreen. Petiole shorter than or - equaling length of blade, base not swollen; vascular bundles more than 3, arranged in an arc, - round in cross section. Blade ovate-lanceolate, 1-pinnate, with a - similar apical pinna, papery. Pinnae not articulate to rachis, segment margins serrulate to spinulose; proximal pinnae largest or nearly so, short-petiolulate, - equilateral or inequilateral with acroscopic lobe; costae adaxially grooved, grooves continuous from rachis to costae; indument of filiform scales on costae and veins abaxially, - glabrous adaxially. Veins free [anastomosing], forked. Sori in 2 or more rows between midrib and margin, round; indusia persistent or caducous [absent]. Spores brown, with inflated folds or wings. x = 41.Species 8 (2 in the flora): North America, Mexico, Central America, n South America, West Indies in Hispaniola.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Sapindaceae
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Genus: Cupaniopsis
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