Characteristics
Pteridophytes
Microsorum grossum (Langsd. & Fisch.)S.B.Andrews
SERPENT FERN; WART FERN
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Commonly misidentified as M. scolopendria (Possley & Howell 2015), distinctive characters of M. grossum may be its thick rhizomes (ca. 5 mm wide when dry) and the apex of the rhizome scale being light brown with a hyaline margin. Leaves also usually have more than five pairs of lobes and may have a sweet smell when fresh (Possley & Howell 2015).
Not Native
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POLYPODIALES
Microsorum grossum (Langsd. & Fisch.)S.B.Andrews - SERPENT FERN; WART FERN
Citation
MICROSORUM GROSSUM (Langsdorff & Fischer) S. B. Andrews, Ferns Queensland 280. 1990.
Polypodium grossum Langsdorff & Fischer 1810.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS: Without data (lectotype: LE). Lectotypified by Schelpe, Contr. Bolus Herb. 1: 100. 1969.
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