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A tropical fern plant Pleopeltis macrocarpa growing in a rooftop, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil #287636928
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A tropical fern plant Pleopeltis macrocarpa growing in a rooftop, Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rupicolous, epiphytic or terrestrial plants. Stem long-creepy, with lanceolate, clathrated, bicolored scales, non-ciliated margin Leaves 5 to 27 cm long, simple. Petiole long, teret, wingless, with peltate, lanceolate, bicolored scales Blade lanceolate, apex acute, base attenuated, with ovate, bicolored scales, dentate margin Coast with scales similar to those of the blade Sori round to elliptical, embedded in a cavity in the laminar tissue,