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| Synonyms: |
Anisosorus occidentalis (Baker) C.Chr. Antiosorus occidentalis (Baker) Kuhn Lonchitis friesii Brause Pteris glaberrima Mett. ex Kuhn |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Rhizome short- to long-creeping, ± succulent, c.6 mm in diameter when dry, with pale brown hairs c. 1 mm long. Stipe straw-coloured to red or purple, thick, 12–50 cm long, with scattered pale hairs c. 1 mm long. Fronds 1–2 cm apart. Lamina somewhat fleshy, 18–50 cm long, pinnate-pinnatifid to bipinnate-tripinnatifid, oblong to deltate in outline, apex tapering to a point. Pinnae opposite or subopposite, oblong in outline, 8.5-25(–45) × 2.1-15(–25) cm wide, lower ones petiolate, upper ones sessile and adnate, with short hairs set along the costae, rhachis and costules, veins mostly free, ultimate lobes rounded. Sori marginal, ± 2 mm long, linear or curved, borne in and around sinuses of ultimate segments; indusium pale, hairless, membranous. |
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| Habitat: | On river bank in spray of waterfall. |
| Altitude range: | 1300 m (approx) |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa and Madagascan region. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N |
| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 85. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 94. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 143. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Pages 86 - 87. (Includes a picture). Verdcourt, B. (1999). Dennstaedtiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 26. (Includes a picture). |
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