Leptochilus ellipticus
Elliptic Colysis Fern
Also known as: Colysis boisii (Christ) Ching +17 more
- Colysis boisii (Christ) Ching
- Colysis decurrens subsp. bipinnatifida (H.Itô) Nakaike
- Colysis elegans Sa.Kurata
- Colysis elliptica (Thunb.) Ching
- Colysis elliptica f. furcans (Ching) Ching
- Colysis elliptica subsp. furcans (Tutcher) Ching
- Colysis elliptica subsp. pothifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Ching
- Colysis elliptica var. elliptica
- Colysis elliptica var. longipes (Ching) L.Shi & X.C.Zhang
- Colysis elliptica var. sanjiangensis (H.G.Zhou & Hua Li) R.H.Jiang
- Colysis flavescens (Ching) Nakaike, S.Matsumoto & Gurung
- Colysis flavescens (Ching) S.R.Ghosh
- Colysis leptophylla H.Itô
- Colysis longipes Ching
- Colysis pothifolia f. bipinnatifida H.Itô
- Colysis pothifolia subsp. bipinnatifida (H.Itô) Nakaike
- Colysis pothifolia var. membranacea Nakai
- Colysis sanjiangensis H.G.Zhou & Hua Li
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Polypodiaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous geophyte or epiphyte.
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Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia and Tropical Asia, Leptochilus ellipticus (commonly known as Elliptic colysis fern) is an epiphytic fern belonging to the Polypodiaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Bulb
Plant Type
Air Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Assam, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya