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Anemia angolensis
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| Synonyms: |
Anemia schimperiana C.Presl var. angustiloba Bonap. Animia simii Tardieu var. angustiloba (Bonap.) Pic.Serm. Hemianemia schimperiana (C.Presl) C.F.Reed var. angustiloba (Bonap.) C.F.Reed |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome horizontal, densely covered with red-brown hairs (up to 5 mm long). Fronds tufted. Stipe with long hairs. Sterile lamina up to 11 cm × 7.5 cm, ovate-deltate to ovate-oblong in outline, bipinnatifid to tripinnatifid; ultimate segments rounded, adnate, minutely shallowly toothed, sparsely hairy on both surfaces. Fertile pinnea tripinnatifid, ultimate segments hairy, petiolules up to 5.5 cm. Sporangia in two rows. |
| Notes: | Similar to A. simii but fertile segments hairy. |
| Derivation of specific name: | angolensis: of Angola |
| Habitat: | Rocky places in seasonally dry miombo woodland, terrestrial or lithophytic. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 600 - 1550 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 22 September 2011 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 59. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 9. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 176 - 177. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Pages 42 - 43. 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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 52. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 51. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Page 54. |
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Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anemia angolensis
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