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Synonyms: |
Asplenium africanum Desv. var. holstii (Hieron.) Tardieu |
Common names: | |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Rhizome erect, up to 60 mm thick; scales up to 10 mm long, brown, ovate, sparsely fringed. Fronds tufted, erect. Stipe up to 90 mm long, glabrous with age. Lamina simple, up to 1 m long and 7 cm wide, elliptic to lanceolate-linear in outline, margins entire, apex attenuate, hairless. Sori linear, up to c. 3 cm long, set at 45 degrees to the midrib, indusium entire. |
Notes: | Simple fronds |
Derivation of specific name: | holstii: named after C.H.E.W. Holst, German horticulturist. |
Habitat: | Deeply shaded areas near streams in evergreen riverine forest. Epiphyte or lithophyte. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 400 - 1000 m |
Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
Growth form(s): | Epiphyte, lithophyte. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Thursday 20 October 2011 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 214. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 91. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 331 - 332. 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 5. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 166. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 87. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 170. (Includes a picture). Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 71. |
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