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| Synonyms: |
Pleopeltis macrocarpa × Polypodium polypodioides subsp. ecklonii x Pleopodium simianum Schelpe & N.C. Anthony |
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| Description: |
Rhizome widely creeping, 2-3 mm diameter; rhizome scales pale brown, narrowly ovate, up to 8 mm long. Fronds spaced apart. Stipe up to 10 cm long, glabrous with age. Lamina ± 140 × 20 mm, variously pinnatifid to unequally lobed; upper surface glabrous, undersurface set with ovate to circular, peltate scales with dark centre. Sori oval, placed in a single row on either side of the costae; exindusiate, without paraphyses; spores abortive. |
| Notes: | A natural hybrid between Pleopeltis macrocarpa and P. polypodioides subsp. ecklonii. |
| Derivation of specific name: | simiana: named after T.R. Sim (1858-1939), botanist & forester, author of The Ferns of South Africa. |
| Habitat: | Epiphyte or lithophyte in moist coastal, riverine and montane forest where both parent Pleopeltis species grow. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 50 - 1800 m |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
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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 194 - 195. As Pleopodium simianum (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 570 - 571. (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 9. As x Pleopodium simianum Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 105. As x Pleopodium simianum Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 163. As x Pleopodium simianum |
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