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Synonyms: |
Asplenium brachyotus Kunze Asplenium erectum Bory ex Willd. var. brachyotus (Kunze) Sim Asplenium laetum sensu Sim Asplenium suppositum Hieron. |
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Description: |
Rhizome erect, up to 8 mm diameter; scales 2.5 mm long, dark brown, entire. Fronds not proliferous, tufted. Stipe up to 19 cm, stipe and rhachis pale to dark matt brown, hairless. Lamina 12-30 cm × 4-10 cm, pinnate and narrowly triangular in outline. Pinnae 12-20 pairs, lanceolate, glabrous, base asymmetric with a well developed acroscopic lobe, apex acute, margins irregularly crenate. Sori 5-12 pair, linear, situated on each pinnae at 45 degrees to the costa, indusium entire. |
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Derivation of specific name: | inaequilaterale: unequally sided, the pinnae bases of this species are asymmetric. |
Habitat: | Forest floor of wet montane forest. |
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Worldwide distribution: | Africa, Comoro Is., Réunion. |
Growth form(s): | Lithophyte, terrestrial. |
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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 222 - 223. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (1993). An annotated check-list of the pteridophytes of Malawi Kirkia 14(1) Page 92. Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 7. Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 602 - 603. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 9. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 25. Fisher E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 156. Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 347 - 348. (Includes a picture). Kornas, J. (1979). Distribution and ecology of the Pteridophytes in Zambia Polska Akademia Nauk Wydzial II Nauk Biologicznych Page 100. 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 88. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca Page 176. (Includes a picture). |
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