Pteridophyta: Cyatheales
Cyatheaceae
- Tree-fern family
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011)
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Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983)
The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. (2001)
Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970)
Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the family
Tree-like plants with a trunk, terrestrial or lithophytic. Stem (trunk) large, erect, unbranched, densily covered in adventitious roots and leaf base scars. Fronds usually large, deeply 2-pinnatifid to 3-pinnate or 4-pinnatifid, borne at the apex of the trunk, tufted. Venation free, dichotomously forked, ending near the margin. Indumentum composed of contorted hairs and bracts with a fringed edge often ending in a seta. Sori circular, superficial on the veins before the bifurcation; indusium attached basally to the receptacle, cup-shaped when open; homosporus.
Comment: Some authors distinguish five different genera, our indigenous tree ferns would be placed in the genus Alsophila. We follow Neil R. Crouch et al. Worldwide: 1 genus and 600-650 species in tropical and warm areas. Zambia: 1 genus and 3 taxa. |
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Flora of Zambia: Family page: Cyatheaceae. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=68, retrieved 8 December 2024
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