View source for Arachniodes simplicior

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|accepted_name=Arachniodes simplicior
|accepted_authority=(Makino) Ohwi
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Jap. Bot.
|place=37: 76. 1962
|year=1962
}}
|common_names=Simpler East Indian holly fern
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aspidium aristatum var. simplicius
|authority=Makino
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Bot. Mag. (Tokyo)
|publication_place=15: 65. 1901
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Byrsopteris simplicior
|authority=(Makino) Kurata
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Polystichopsis simplicior
|authority=(Makino) Tagawa
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Rumohra simplicior
|authority=(Makino) Ching
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Dryopteridaceae;Arachniodes;Arachniodes simplicior
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Dryopteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arachniodes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Arachniodes simplicior]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>creeping, 5–8 mm diam., densely scaly; scales tan to brownish, lanceolate. <b>Leaves</b> monomorphic, evergreen, 40–85 cm. <b>Petiole</b> straw-colored to tan, spaced 0.5–4 cm apart, 15–46 cm × 4–6 mm, base scaly; scales lanceolate. <b>Blade</b> deltate-pentagonal, 2–3-pinnate, 24–40 cm, broadest at base, abruptly tapering distally, apex pinnate, ultimately pinnatifid, as long as or longer than rest of blade. <b>Pinnae</b> 3–5 pairs, 1-pinnate, proximal pair basally 2-pinnate, 8–18 × 2–4 cm (excluding expanded base of proximal pinnae). <b>Basal</b> pinnules of proximal pair of pinnae elongate and pinnalike; basiscopic pinnule to 10 cm, acroscopic pinnule 1/3–1/2 length of basiscopic. <b>Ultimate</b> segments undivided to pinnatifid, finely spiny along margins and at tip. <b>Sori</b> with indusia 0.5–1 mm diam., indusia with deep sinus and often overlapping lobes, glabrous.</span><!--

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|habitat=Terrestrial along stream banks in woods
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=S.C.;Asia in Japan;China.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Arachniodes simplicior</i> was introduced and naturalized in South Carolina and is known from a single population there (J. E. Gordon 1981). It was still locally common in April 1990 and apparently poses no threat to the native flora.</p>
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name=Arachniodes simplicior
|authority=(Makino) Ohwi
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Byrsopteris simplicior;Polystichopsis simplicior;Rumohra simplicior
|basionyms=Aspidium aristatum var. simplicius
|family=Dryopteridaceae
|habitat=Terrestrial along stream banks in woods
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=S.C.;Asia in Japan;China.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Jap. Bot.
|publication year=1962
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|genus=Arachniodes
|species=Arachniodes simplicior
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