Asplenium sandersonii Hook.

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Bunga forest, Vumba

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Genaina, Vumba

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John Meikle Forestry Estate, Stapleford

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Synonyms:	Asplenium comorense C.Chr. Asplenium debile Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium melleri Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium punctatum Mett. ex Kuhn Asplenium vagans Baker
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Status:	Native
Description:	Rhizome erect, c. 3 mm diameter; scales brown, margin entire, c. 4 mm long, lanceolate. Fronds tufted, arching, uniform, proliferous, fleshy. Stipe up to 4 cm, subglabrous. Lamina pinnate, 10-30 cm × 1.5-2.5 cm, linear to lanceolate in outline. Pinnae distaly slowly decreasing in size and ending in a naked extension of the rhachis that bears a proliferating bud. Pinnae falcate, basal margin entire, distal and acroscopic margins with broadly rounded lobes, base unequal; upper surface glabrous, undersurface with a few substellate scales. Sori up to 6 per pinna oval, covering most of the pinnae, indusium present.
Notes:	Differs from similar species by the naked extension of the rhachis that bears a proliferating bud, pinnae with very rounded acroscopic margins.
Derivation of specific name:	sandersonii: named after J. Sanderson (1820-1881), an amateur plant collector in Natal.
Habitat:	Shaded areas in wet, evergreen forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte.
Altitude range: (metres)	50 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Annobon, Bioko, Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Soa Tomé, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascan region
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Content last updated:	Friday 18 November 2011
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 229 - 230. (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 618 - 619. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 371 - 372. (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. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 170. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 96. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Pages 183 - 184. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Mozambique: Asplenium sandersonii
African Plant Database: Asplenium sandersonii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Asplenium sandersonii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Asplenium sandersonii
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West African Plants database: Asplenium sandersonii