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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Hypolepis Bernh.

HYPOLEPIS Bernh., 1806

Sori globose, us. submarginal, protected by reflexed modified seg. of lamina or further from margin and quite unprotected. Sporangia stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores oblong, mostly tuberculate to spinulose. Rhizome creeping, solenostelic, bearing hairs; lamina bipinnate to decompound; veins free. Some 45 terrestrial spp., mainly tropical to subtropical.

Key

1
Stipes, rhachis and costae densely clad in viscid hairs
1. rugosula
Stipes, etc., sparsely hairy to nude, or if densely hairy then hairs not viscid
2
2
Lamina bipinnate, of lanceolate order; pinnae markedly distant, opp. or nearly so, not overlapping; rhachis dark
2. distans
Lamina tripinnate, of deltoid order (some secondary pinnae may be pinnatisect to pinnatifid); pinnae often overlapping, often alt.; rhachis us. light brown
3
3
Segs of pinnules finely, deeply and rather sharply toothed
3. millefolium
Segs of pinnules rounded, if toothed then bluntly and rather shallowly so
4
4
Lamina 3-pinnate to almost 4-pinnate, us. over 60 cm. long
4. tenuifolia
Lamina 2-pinnate (or with some secondary pinnae pinnatisect to almost pinnately divided), seldom attaining 40 cm. long
5. punctata
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