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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic. Rhizome creeping; rhizome scales dark, entire. Stipe not articulated. Fronds closely spaced, deeply pinnatifid to pinnate, weakly dimorphic, gemmiferous in some species; sterile pinnae glabrous, usually crenate, fertile pinnae usually narrower. Veins anastomosing with included free veinlets. Sporangia acrostichoid. Derivation of name: bolbos: a bulb, itis: closely connected; referring to the bulbils produced on the frond of some species. Worldwide: c. 44 species, pantropical distribution. Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
gemmifera (Hieron.) C. Chr.[LR-nt] | E | Description, Image |
heudelotii (Bory ex Fée) Alston | N,E | Description, Image |
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