《中国植物志》|| 水龙骨科 POLYPODIACEAE ||节肢蕨属 Arthromeris (T. Moore) J. Sm. ||黑鳞节肢蕨 Arthromeris nigropaleacea S. G. Lu

5. 黑鳞节肢蕨（新拟）图版42: 3-4
Arthromeris nigropaleacea S. G. Lu in Ind. Fern J. 14: 144. 1997.
附生植物。根状茎横走，粗约8毫米，被白粉和稀疏的鳞片；鳞片长约10毫米，栗黑色至黑色，盾状着生处阔，向上收缩呈狭披针形，顶端伸直呈刚毛状，边缘具尖齿。叶近生或远生；叶柄长20-25厘米，淡棕色，光滑无毛；叶片一回羽状，长约50-60厘米，宽约25-30厘米；羽片5-6对，披针形，长约15-20厘米，宽约3-4厘米，基部圆形，无柄，顶端渐尖，边缘全缘，羽片之间相距约5-8厘米。侧脉明显，约30对，小脉网状，不明显。叶片纸质，表面绿色，背面灰白色，两面光滑无毛。孢子囊群在羽片中脉两侧各1行，位于中脉与边缘之间或略靠近中脉着生。
产西藏。附生于常绿阔叶林树干上，海拔1800米。模式标本采自西藏墨脱。

《Flora of China》|| Polypodiaceae || Arthromeris ||黑鳞节肢蕨 Arthromeris nigropaleacea

5. Arthromeris nigropaleacea S. G. Lu, Indian Fern J. 14: 144. 1998.

黑鳞节肢蕨 hei lin jie zhi jue

Rhizome ca. 8 mm in diam., covered with whitish bloom, sparsely scaly; scales nearly black or black, stiff, straight, broad at base, ca. 10 mm, margin irregularly toothed, apex long caudate. Stipe dark stramineous or brown, 20-25 cm, glabrous; lamina imparipinnate, oblong, 50-60 × 25-30 cm; pinnae 5 or 6 pairs, opposite, subsessile, oblique, broadly lanceolate, 15-20 × 3-4 cm, base rounded or subcordate, apex caudate-acute, terminal pinna stalked; lamina papery or herbaceous, abaxially glaucous, adaxially green, both surfaces glabrous. Sori orbicular, ca. 2 mm in diam., in 1 row on each side of costa, medial or slightly close to costa, solitary between lateral veins.

● Epiphytic on tree trunks in evergreen broad-leaved forests; ca. 1800 m. Xizang.