Asplenium sulcatum Lam.

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Aberfoyle, Nyakombe river, Honde Valley

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Path to spice garden, Nyamkombe River, Aberfoyle, Honde Valley

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Synonyms:	Adiantum martinii Pirotta Asplenium auritum Sw.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome erect to sub-erect, up to 10 mm; scales dark brown, entire, attenuate, up to 6 mm. Fronds tufted, not proliferous, dimorphe. Sterile fronds half the size of the fertile fronds. Stipe 8-22 cm, glabrous. Lamina 8-26 cm × 3.2-8.5 cm, pinnate to 2-pinnate, triangular-lanceolate in outline. Pinnae lanceolate, apex obtuse to acute, base asymmetrical cuneate, margins incised more than 1/2 way to the costa becoming pinnatifid towards the pinnae base with a free basal acroscopic lobe; venation pinnate. Rhachis subglabrous. Sori oval, set along the costa, indusium entire.
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Habitat:	Semi-deciduous woodland or riverine forests, deeply shaded moist evergreen forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte.
Altitude range: (metres)	650 - 1250 m
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form(s):	Epiphyte, lithophyte.
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 27 September 2011
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 244 - 245. As Asplenium auritum (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 92. 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. As Asplenium auritum Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 351 - 352. As Asplenium auritum (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 5. As Asplenium auritum Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 162. As Asplenium auritum Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 98. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 177 - 178. As Asplenium auritum

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