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Broad-Pinna ColysisLeptochilus ellipticus

Also known as Elliptic Colysis Fern

Leptochilus ellipticus is an epiphytic or lithophytic fern widely distributed across tropical Asia. It displays simple, elliptic, entire fronds, characteristic of the.

Photograph © Gordon Chen · CC-BY-NC

Broad-Pinna Colysis Names & Synonyms

Common names and botanical synonyms

Common Names

  • Broad-Pinna Colysis
  • Elliptic Colysis Fern

Synonyms

  • Colysis boisii Ching
  • Colysis dissimilialata (Bonap.) Ching
  • Colysis elegans Sa.Kurata
  • Colysis elliptica (Thunb.) Ching
  • Colysis flavescens (Ching) Nakaike, S.Matsumoto & V.L.Gurung
  • Colysis flexiloba (Christ) Ching
  • Colysis kiusiana Sa.Kurata
  • Colysis leptophylla H.Itô
  • Colysis longipes Ching
  • Colysis longisora (Baker) Ching
  • Colysis sanjiangensis H.G.Zhou & Hua Li
  • Grammitis decurrens Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.
  • Gymnogramma elliptica (Thunb.) Baker
  • Gymnogramma longisora Baker
  • Leptochilus dissimilialatus (Bonap.) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
  • Leptochilus elegans (Sa.Kurata) Nakaike
  • Leptochilus flexilobus (Christ) Liang Zhang & Li Bing Zhang
  • Leptochilus kiusianus (Sa.Kurata) Nakaike
  • Leptochilus longipes (Ching) X.C.Zhang
  • Leptochilus neopothifolius Nakaike
  • Pleopeltis elliptica (Thunb.) Alderw.
  • Pleopeltis flexiloba Alderw.
  • Polypodium boisii Christ
  • Polypodium chunii C.Chr.
  • Polypodium dissimilialatum Bonap.
  • Polypodium ellipticum Thunb.
  • Polypodium faurianum Nakai
  • Polypodium flavescens Ching
  • Polypodium flexilobum Christ
  • Polypodium latilobum Ching
  • Polypodium longisorum (Baker) C.Chr.
  • Polypodium mediosorum Ching
  • Polypodium neoellipticum Koidz.
  • Selliguea coraiensis Christ
  • Selliguea decurrens (Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.) C.Presl
  • Selliguea elliptica (Thunb.) Bedd.
  • Selliguea flexiloba Christ

Broad-Pinna Colysis Taxonomy

Botanical classification

Taxonomic classification of Broad-Pinna Colysis
RankName
kingdomPlantae
divisionTracheophyta
classPolypodiopsida
orderPolypodiales
familyPolypodiaceae
genusLeptochilus
speciesLeptochilus ellipticus