182.500 Cyclosorus Link

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

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Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Description of the genus

Plants terrestrial. Rhizome wide-creeping, branched. Fronds monomorphic, closely to widely spaced, pinnate to 2-pinnate. Lamina with thin scales on the undersurface of costae, no reduced basal pinnae. Pinnae lobes with a few pairs of veins meeting below the sinus between the lobes. Sori circular; indusium very small, reniform.

Derivation of name: kuklos: circle; referring to the shape of the sori.

Worldwide: c. 3 species, pantropical distribution.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
interruptus (Willd.) H. Itô	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Cyclosorus:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyclosorus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cyclosorus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cyclosorus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cyclosorus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyclosorus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cyclosorus