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Hymenophyllum capillare
alternialatum
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| Synonyms: |
Sphaerocionium capillare (Desv.) Copel. var. alternialatum Pic. Serm. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome slender, wiry, widely creeping. Stipe 15-50 mm long, wiry, not winged but sparsely clothed with fine stellate hairs. Lamina pendulous, oblong-linear, up to 55 × 3 cm, 2- or 3-pinnatifid, membranous. Pinnae pinnatifid into up to 7 linear lobes, apices rounded, margins entire, both surfaces set with stellate hairs with long radiating arms. Rhachis not winged, hairy. Sori at the apices of the lobes in the distal area of each pinna, obconic with rounded indusial valves set with stellate hairs. |
| Notes: | H. capillare can be distinguished from other species by its hairy fronds and a rhachis that is not winged. |
| Derivation of specific name: | capillare: "capillus": hair, the fronds are hairy; alternialatum: alternating wings, probably referring to the alternate arrangement of the pinnae |
| Habitat: | Epiphyte or lithophyte in deeply shaded evergreen mist forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1300 - 2150 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From south-central Africa extending to central, east and north-east Africa; also Ghana, Madagascar and the Comoro and Mascarene islands. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 99. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 168 - 169. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Page 195. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 7. As sphaerocionium capillare Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 44. As Sphaerocionium capillare Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 44. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture). |
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