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Green penny fern

Lemmaphyllum microphyllum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in China.January 266, February 311, March 416, April 800, May 410, June 230, July 226, August 200, September 167, October 299, November 298, December 204.
China3,827
Taiwan3,511
Taiwan Province3,453
New Taipei1,063
Taipei750
Japan647
Yilan County364
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region318
Hsinchu County251
Miaoli County182

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
OrderPolypodiales
Familypolypody family · Polypodiaceae
GenusLemmaphyllum

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