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Adiantum raddianum
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Camp site, Chirinda Forest
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Camp site, Chirinda Forest
Photo: Petra Ballings
Camp site, Chirinda Forest
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
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Road from Mt Selinda to Espungabera border post
Photo: Petra Ballings
Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Adiantum cuneatum Langsd. & Fisch. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Naturalised |
| Description: |
Rhizome short, creeping; rhizome scales brown, lanceolate, entire. Fronds closely spaced to tufted, thinly herbaceous, arching. Stipe up to 25 cm long, thin, shiny, dark brown to black, glabrous. Lamina 3-4 pinnate, triangular to broadly ovate in outline, 10-25 × 8-15 cm, glabrous. Rhachis and stalks black, glabrous. Pinnules persistent, 1.2 × 1 cm, obcuneate to trapeziform with straight sides, outer margin irregularly incised into rounded lobes with toothed margins, veins ending in the sinuses of the marginal serrations. Sori on the outer margins of ultimate segments, indusial flaps broadly overlapping the sori, kidney shaped to circular, c. 1.5 mm in diameter. |
| Notes: | The small persistent pinnules, serrated outer margin with the veins ending in between the serrations and the reniform to almost circular sori distinguish A. raddianum from similar species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | raddianum: named after Guiseppe Raddi (1770-1829), Italian botanist who collected in Brazil from where the type originates. |
| Habitat: | Terrestrial, shaded moist earthbanks, roadcuttings and streambanks in forest. |
| Altitude range: | 100 - 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to South America, widely escaped throughout the moister regions of Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,MS |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. (1990). Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton. Page 126. (Includes a picture). Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011). Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature Pages 436 - 437. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983). The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria. Pages 232 - 233. (Includes a picture). 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 9. Roux, J.P. (2001). Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13 Page 77. Roux, J.P. (2009). Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands Page 70. Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970). Pteridophyta FZ Page 113. |
Other sources of information about Adiantum raddianum:
African Plant Database: Adiantum raddianumBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Adiantum raddianum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Adiantum raddianum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Adiantum raddianum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Adiantum raddianum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Adiantum raddianum
JSTOR Plant Science: Adiantum raddianum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Adiantum raddianum
Tropicos: Adiantum raddianum
West African Plants database: Adiantum raddianum
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