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|accepted_name=Lygodium microphyllum
|accepted_authority=(Cavanilles) R. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.
|place=162. 1810
|year=1810
}}
|common_names=Small-leaved climbing fern
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ugena microphylla
|authority=Cavanilles
|rank=species
|publication_title=Icon.
|publication_place=6: 76, plate 595. 1801
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lygodiaceae;Lygodium;Lygodium microphyllum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lygodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lygodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lygodium microphyllum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 116
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem growth form or orientation"><b>Stems </b>creeping.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>to ca. 10 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole arrangement;petiole some measurement"><b>Petioles </b>borne 2-5 mm apart, 7-25 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="pinna reproduction;pinna shape;pinna architecture or shape;pinna length;pinna width;stalk some measurement"><b>Sterile </b>pinnae on 0.5-1.5 cm stalks, oblong, 1-pinnate, 5-12 × 3-6 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;lobe shape;lobe orientation">ultimate segments triangular-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, truncate to shallowly cordate or somewhat auriculate proximally, usually not lobed, but if lobed, lobes rounded at apex and not directed toward leaf apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="segment apex shape">segment apex rounded-acute to obtuse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="segment architecture;stalk architecture">segments articulate to petiolules, leaving wiry stalks when detached;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="blade tissue pubescence">blade tissue glabrous abaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pinna reproduction;pinna shape;pinna architecture or shape;pinna length;pinna width;stalk some measurement"><b>Fertile </b>pinnae on 0.5-1 cm stalks, oblong, 1-pinnate, 3-14 × 2.5-6 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="ultimate segment shape;ultimate segment shape;lobe reproduction;segment reproduction">ultimate segments ovate to lanceolate-oblong, fringed with fertile lobes, otherwise similar to sterile segments.</span><!--

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|habitat=Terrestrial on riverbanks, swamps (especially cypress swamps), cabbage palm hammocks, and other wet, disturbed sites.
|distribution=Fla.;Asia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Lygodium microphyllum is native to southeastern Asia and recently naturalized. The species may be very abundant locally and may climb to a height of 9 meters in trees. Sometimes it forms thick mats covering considerable areas at ground level (J. Beckner 1968; C. E. Nauman and D. F. Austin 1978).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lygodium microphyllum
|authority=(Cavanilles) R. Brown
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Ugena microphylla
|family=Lygodiaceae
|habitat=Terrestrial on riverbanks, swamps (especially cypress swamps), cabbage palm hammocks, and other wet, disturbed sites.
|distribution=Fla.;Asia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.
|publication year=1810
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V2/V2_651.xml
|genus=Lygodium
|species=Lygodium microphyllum
|blade tissue pubescence=glabrous
|lobe orientation=not directed
|lobe reproduction=fertile
|lobe shape=rounded
|petiole arrangement=apart
|petiole some measurement=7cm;25cm
|pinna architecture or shape=1-pinnate;1-pinnate
|pinna length=3cm;14cm
|pinna reproduction=fertile;sterile
|pinna shape=oblong;oblong
|pinna width=2.5cm;6cm
|segment apex shape=rounded-acute;obtuse
|segment architecture=articulate
|segment reproduction=sterile
|stalk architecture=wiry
|stalk some measurement=0.5cm;1cm
|stem growth form or orientation=creeping
|ultimate segment shape=fringed;ovate;lanceolate-oblong
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