178.400 Nephrolepis Schott

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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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