178.400 Nephrolepis Schott
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Rhizome short-creeping or erect, sometimes producing tubers, producing stolons that root and form shoots. Stipe not articulated.
Fronds tufted, monomorphic, numerous, pinnate; pinnae articulated to the rhachis, closely set, hairy or glabrous. Venation free, ending in a hydathode near the margin. Sori round to oval or linear terminal on the veins, indusium kidney-shaped or linear, entire, opening towards the margin; homosporous.
Derivation of name: nephros: kidney, lepis: scale; refers to the kidney-shaped, scale-like indusia. Worldwide: c. 30 species, pantropical distribution. Zimbabwe: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
biserrata (Sw.) Schott | E | Description, Image |
exaltata (L.) Schott | C | Description |
undulata (Afzel.) J. Sm. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
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