131.900 Pityrogramma Link

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Description of the genus

Rhizome erect or creeping; rhizome scales linear attenuate, brown. Stipe dark reddish-brown, glabrous. Fronds tufted or spaced. Lamina 2-4-pinnatifid with white, pink, yellow or orange powder on underside, glabrous on upper surface; veins free. Sori without an indusium, borne along the length of the veins.

Derivation of name: pityon: chaff, gramma: line; reference to the powdery, linear-like arrangement of the sori.

Worldwide: 16 species, neotropical distribution.

Caprivi: 3 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
aurantiaca (Hieron) C.Chr.	Description
calomelanos (L.) Link var. calomelanos	Description
rupicola Pic.Serm.

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