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Parahemionitis arifolia
Also called Golden Leather Fern, Golden Leatherfern
Parahemionitis arifolia is a species of ferns in the subfamily Cheilanthoideae and the family Pteridaceae; it was placed previously in a monotypic genus Mickelopteris with the species M. cordata. Other synonyms include Parahemionitis cordata and various species names in the now much reduced genus Hemionitis. This species is native to South and south-eastern Asia, from India to Taiwan and the Philippines.
This is the type species of genus Parahemionitis, which was initially published as Asplenium arifolium in 1768; the taxonomy of this whole subfamily is not accepted by all sources.
Parahemionitis arifolia is native to the Indian subcontinent (Assam, Bangladesh, the region of India, Sri Lanka), Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam), south-central China and Hainan, the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is found in damp locations, such as the wet soil and rocks of river valleys in dense forests and shrublands, growing below elevations of 1000 m.
Golden leatherfern · Inland leatherfern · Mangrove Fern · Leatherfern · Leatherfern
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