KARAKTERISASI MORFOLOGI 3 JENIS PAKU NEPHROLEPIS (NEPHROLEPIDACEAE) DI PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT PT. PANCA SURYA GARDEN DI KABUPATEN KAMPAR PROVINSI RIAU

Abstract

PT. Panca Surya Garden is one of the oil palm plantations in Kampar District, Riau Province which is area distribution area for fern species. The purpose of this study was to compare the morphological characteristics of three species which belong to family of Nephrolepidaceae collected from palm oil plantation PT. Panca Surya Garden. The morphological characters were described from Nephrolepis biserrata, Nephrolepis exaltata and Nephroplepis hirsutula. Each species was distinguished based on the characteristics of sterile young fronds, leaf surface, leaf base, and the position of sorus. N. biserrata has rough surface of the leaf, blunt leaf base, and spores arranged on the underside of the leaf, N. exaltata surface hairy leaves, spores along the edges of thin leaves, while N. hirsutula is found with a slippery leaf surface, rounded leaf base, and spores along the edge of a thick leaf