Lepisorus squamatus

Lepisorus squamatus is a species of fern known only from Vietnam and from Guangxi Province in southern China.^[1] The plant is herbaceous, spreading by rhizomes. The leaves are simple, elliptical, and the sori are round, on the underside of the leaves. The spores are white.^[2][3][4]

Lepisorus squamatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Lepisorus
Species:	L. squamatus
Binomial name
Lepisorus squamatus (A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) C.F.Zhao, R.Wei & X.C.Zhang
Synonyms[1]
Lemmaphyllum squamatum (A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang) Li Wang Caobangia squamata A.R.Sm. & X.C.Zhang

The systematic position of the species varies. It was originally described in the monotypic genus Caobangia as Caobangia squamata.^[1] It has also been placed in Lemmaphyllum as Lemmaphyllum squamatum.^[1][5]