127.900 Anemia Sw.

Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature

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 genus

Plants terrestrial or lithophytic. Rhizome short, creeping to erect, with hairs. Fronds tufted, herbaceous, hemidimorphic, pinnate to 2-pinnate, with the basal pair of pinnae usually fertile. venation free. Fertile pinnae markedly different to the sterile pinnae, long-petiolate, dissected, with much-contracted segments bearing sporangia in 2 rows on each segment.

Derivation of name: Aneimon means naked, this refers to the uncovered sporangia.

Worldwide: c.100 species in tropical and warm areas, especially America; few species in Africa, Madagascar and the Indian subcontinent.

Zambia: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
angolensis AlstonN,W,C,E,SNw,LkDescription, Image
simii TardieuCImage

Other sources of information about Anemia:

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Flora of Malawi: Anemia
Flora of Mozambique: Anemia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Anemia

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Anemia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Anemia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Anemia
Wikipedia: Anemia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Anemia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Anemia

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Anemia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=21, retrieved 23 March 2023

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