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Hymenophyllum tunbridgense
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| Synonyms: |
Trichomanes thomassetii C.H. Wright Trichomanes tunbridgense L. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome wiry, bearing fronds up to 7 cm apart. Stipe up to 3 cm long, filiform, not winged or narrowly winged in the upper half. Lamina lanceolate, narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic in outline, up to 14 × 3.5 cm. Pinnae bilaterally pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid in up to 25 lobes; ultimate lobes linear, glabrous, margins entire basally, becoming serrate towards the tips. Sori borne on the lowest acroscopic lobes, soral valves serrate, base of the sorus not winged by the lamina lobes. |
| Notes: | This fern can be separated from others in by having glabrous fronds and lobe margins that are serrated towards the apices. |
| Derivation of specific name: | tunbri(d)gense: this fern was first collected in southern England, in the towns of either Tonbridge or Tunbridge Wells. |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial, epiphyte or lithophyte in montane or forest areas that receive frequent mist. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 300 - 2590 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malwi, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte, terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Pages 97 - 98. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 84. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 32. As Hymenophyllum tunbrigense Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 162 - 163. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 11. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 194 - 195. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 7. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 41. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 47. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 80. (Includes a picture). Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 78. |
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