Hypolepis rugosula (common name ruddy ground fern), is a common ground fern found throughout rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests, especially after recent disturbances in the forests.[2]
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| Hypolepis rugosula, underside | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Dennstaedtiaceae |
| Genus: | Hypolepis |
| Species: | H. rugosula
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. 1846[1]
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Habitat
editHypolepis rugosula is found most frequently in stream beds, damp gullies, inside drainage ditches, swampy grounds, clearings and margins of forest or open areas. It grows on soils or even rocky areas. Although usually restricted to smaller patches, in freshly disturbed soils it can form large extensive patches. It is more frequent at higher altitudes.
Identification
editRecognized by the burgundy colour of its main axes (petioles, rachises and pinna-rachises), red/brown stipe, and the vascular bundle of petioles which are pi-shaped and distally split into two S-shaped bundles, as well as absence of soral hairs.
Infraspecifics
editThere are several accepted infraspecifics[1]
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. africana (C.Chr.) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. brownseyana Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. colorata (Christ) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. formosa Schwartsb. & M.H.Oliveira
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. lactea (Brownsey & Chinnock) Schwartsb.
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. pichi-sermolliana Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. poeppigiana (Mett.) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. pradoana Schwartsb.
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. pulcherrima (J.K.Underw. & Maxon) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. rouxii Schwartsb. & M.H.Oliveira
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. rudis (Kunze) Schwartsb.
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. rufobarbata (Colenso) Schwartsb.
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. rugosula
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. subantarctica (Brownsey & Chinnock) Schwartsb.
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. villosoviscida (Thouars) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
- Hypolepis rugosula subsp. viscida (Roxb.) Schwartsb. & J.Prado
References
edit- ^ a b c "Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". www.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Brownsey, P.J.; Chinnock, R.J. (1987). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Hypolepis". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 10 (1): 1–30. ISSN 0313-4083. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Jordan G, 2019. Hypolepis rugosula (Dennstaedtiaceae). Key to Tasmanian Vacular Plants: University of Tasmania.
- ^ Schwartsburd PB, 2012. Three new taxa of Hypolepis (Dennstaedtiaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and a key to the Brazilian taxa. Kew Bulletin 67:815-825.
- ^ Schwartsburd PB, Prado J, 2014. Subspecies of Hypolepis rugosula (Dennstaedtiaceae; Pteridophyta) around the world: morphological and biogeographic perspectives. Acta Botanica Brasilica 28:206-226.
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