Asplenium inaequilaterale Willd.

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Synonyms:	Asplenium brachyotus Kunze Asplenium erectum Bory ex Willd. var. brachyotus (Kunze) Sim Asplenium laetum sensu Sim Asplenium suppositum Hieron.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome erect, up to 8 mm diameter; scales 2.5 mm long, dark brown, entire. Fronds not proliferous, tufted. Stipe up to 19 cm, stipe and rhachis pale to dark matt brown, hairless. Lamina 12-30 cm × 4-10 cm, pinnate and narrowly triangular in outline. Pinnae 12-20 pairs, lanceolate, glabrous, base asymmetric with a well developed acroscopic lobe, apex acute, margins irregularly crenate. Sori 5-12 pair, linear, situated on each pinnae at 45 degrees to the costa, indusium entire.
Notes:	Differs from similar species by not having basal pinnae reducing in size, base strongly asymmetrical but the midrib does not form the lower margin for a significant distance.
Derivation of specific name:	inaequilaterale: unequally sided, the pinnae bases of this species are asymmetric.
Habitat:	Deep shade in moist evergreen forest. Terrestrial or lithophyte.
Altitude range: (metres)	100 - 1800 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Soa Tomé, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,E,S
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Content last updated:	Monday 24 October 2011
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 222 - 223. (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 602 - 603. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 347 - 348. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 100. 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 166. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 88. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Page 176. (Includes a picture).

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