182.500 Cyclosorus Link

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Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial. Rhizome wide-creeping, branched. Fronds monomorphic, closely to widely spaced, pinnate to 2-pinnate. Lamina with thin scales on the undersurface of costae, no reduced basal pinnae. Pinnae lobes with a few pairs of veins meeting below the sinus between the lobes. Sori circular; indusium very small, reniform.

Derivation of name: kuklos: circle; referring to the shape of the sori.

Worldwide: c. 3 species, pantropical distribution.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Cyclosorus interruptus

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
interruptus (Willd.) H. ItôN,W,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Cyclosorus:

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Flora of Botswana: Cyclosorus
Flora of Burundi: Cyclosorus
Flora of Caprivi: Cyclosorus
Flora of Malawi: Cyclosorus
Flora of Mozambique: Cyclosorus
Flora of Rwanda: Cyclosorus
Flora of Zambia: Cyclosorus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyclosorus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyclosorus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyclosorus
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iNaturalist: Cyclosorus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyclosorus
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyclosorus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyclosorus
Plants of the World Online: Cyclosorus
Tropicos: Cyclosorus
Wikipedia: Cyclosorus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Cyclosorus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=59, retrieved 7 December 2024

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