159.200 Belvisia Mirb.
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Rhizome shortly creeping; scales peltate, clathrate. Fronds tufted, simple. Stipe short, articulated. Lamina linear to narrowly elliptic in outline, entire, glabrous; venation reticulate with free included veinlets. Sporangia acrostichoid borne on a linear segment at the apex of the frond. Derivation of name: bellus: pretty, videre: to look at; obscure derivation Worldwide: c. 10 species in the tropics and warm temperate areas of the Old World. Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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